Reply To: Strange Effects of Meditation

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Lal
Keymaster

I think what Christian is trying to say is the following: 

  • In Buddha Dhamma, there are two main types of meditation: Samatha (calming the mind by staying away from immoral deeds and focusing on living a moral life) and Vipassana (contemplate Dhamma concepts like Tilakkhana and Paticca Samuppada and how they help explain the Four Noble Truths). 
  • What types of  “meditation” are you doing? For example, you mentioned “NSDR (Non-Sleep Deep Rest) meditation.” What is that?
  • In the Western world, “meditation” usually means “breath meditation.” That is not a Buddhist meditation. See “Vipassanā – Buddhist Meditation.”