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to contemplate / to ponder / contemplation / meditation
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dhyana (Sanskrit) / Zen / meditation (Buddhism)
qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 氣|气 through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation
to sit in meditation / to meditate
(Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity) / the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar / (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身) / (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article / the real McCoy / the man himself / the woman herself / the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)
to face the wall / to sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism) / (fig.) to devote oneself to study, work etc
meditation
to meditate / meditation
to practice Chan Buddhist meditation / to practice Zen meditation / to sit in meditation
to sit in meditation; to meditate
meditation room (in Buddhist monastery)
contemplation / meditation
to muse / to think deeply / contemplation / meditation
to perform walking meditation
to practice Zen (esp. meditation)
to be obsessed with sth; to go overboard / (Buddhism, Taoism) to misguidedly focus on hallucinations that arise during meditation
to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation / cleanliness is next to godliness
to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
to introspect / to examine oneself / (Buddhism) vipassana meditation (seeking insight into the true nature of reality)
Sandhinir mokcana vyuha sutra, a yogic text on awareness and meditation, translated as the Wisdom of Buddha


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