/lit/ - Literature

>>10657572
There are different kinds of meditations that do different thinks for your mood, just like there are different kinds of physical exercises for your muscles. Some help you relax, some energize you, some make you more emotional, others less emotional.

What you describe, and what most of the posters in this thread are talking about, is mindfulness meditation. This is common to both Hindu and Buddhist dharmic traditions - but, importantly, is only considered useful in conjunction with concentration or one-pointedness. When you clear your mind of unnecessary thoughts, you can devote all your mental energy to a mantra or object in front of you until you "merge" with it. Meditations and yogas of this kind are an end to "samadhi" or "satori", the absorption into the Void.

The difficulty in discussing this is basically a translation issue, and also varies between dogmas. People try to spruce up eastern religion as being a """lifestyle""", but at the end of the day it's a religion like Islam and has just as many schisms and contradictions about the Void/The Clear Light, the bardo, the pure land, atman, buddha-nature etc., so the accuracy of your answer totally depends on what scripture or sutra you've been reading.