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What is meditation?

Meditation is the practice of calming the mind, connecting with the body, and focussing on what is happening in the present moment. Although they may differ considerably, most meditation practices aim to calm, or quieten the thoughts.
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Benefits of meditation

With meditation you can reduce stress and pain, be happier, more focussed, increase your memory, and generally improve your quality of life.
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How to meditate

Basic instructions

Easy to understand meditation instructions, techniques and methods. On this page we have a very basic introduction to meditation.
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Detailed Instructions

Basic and detailed instructions - one pointed concentration, walking meditation, body sensations, postures, lying down meditation, stretches for sitting, and tonglen meditation.
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Vipassana Instructions

This practice brings us directly in touch with our experience. It helps us live more fully in the present instead of being lost in thoughts, images, regrets, and fears about the past and future.

Free Guided Meditations

Meditations for relaxation, pain and stress relief, happiness and clarity.

How To Use Mantras
A complete guide to how mantras work, what they are, and how to use them.

Buddhist Mantras

Om Mani Padme Hum, Green Tara Mantra, Gate Gate Paragate, and the Medicine Buddha Mantra. There are many Buddhist mantras, these are some well known ones.
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Hindu Mantras

The Gayatri Mantra, Om Namah Shivaya, Maha Mrityunjaya, Ganesh Mantra, Lakshmi Mantra, Durga Mantra, Hanuman Mantra, Moola Mantra, Om Mantra, Aakhan Jor and So Ham.
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Places to meditate

Fantastic Places to Meditate

All of the places listed here are highly recommended. They each have that special combination of supportive atmosphere and stillness that nurtures the cultivation of a quiet mind and depth of meditation practice.
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World Meditation Directory

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Meditation Teachers discuss meditation

Teachers from different traditions answer the same questions in this series of video interviews. In these videos you'll find different paths, different approaches, and different ideas. Teachers are in alphabetical order by surname.
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General Spirituality Videos

A hand-picked selection of the best meditation and spiritual videos available on the internet, from Adyashanti, Eckhart Tolle, Byron Katie, Barry Long, both Krishnamurti's, Pema Chodron and Douglas Harding.
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Articles

Articles on Meditation and Spirituality

Aspects of spiritual life discussed by meditation Masters and Teachers.
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Guided Meditations

Free guided meditations for relaxation, pain and stress relief, happiness and clarity.
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Free Meditation Books

Free meditation ebooks from many different traditions, Buddhist, Hindu and more.
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About Meditation

What is meditation?

Benefits of meditation

Meditation Instructions

How to meditate

Detailed meditation instructions

Vipassana meditation instructions

Free Guided Meditations

Buddhist Mantras

Meditation Videos

Teacher Video Interviews

Meditation Articles

Free Meditation Books

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