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Meditation may refer to:

• Meditation is the practice of quieting stresses to the mind by use of sitting and breathing techniques.
  • For meditation as practiced in Buddhism, see Buddhist meditation

literature

• For the writings by Marcus Aurelius, see Meditations.
• For the writings by René Descartes, see Meditations on First Philosophy.
• a 1978 book, see Meditation (book).

music

• A form of music, generally of a plaintive or meditative state. The most famous is Jules Massenet's Meditation violin solo from Thaïs.
• "Meditation" is a bossa nova song by Antonio Carlos Jobim.
• Meditation (Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet) is the title of a 1971 jazz quartet album by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi.
• The Meditations, a Jamaican reggae group
• Meditations (album) is the title of a 1965 jazz album by saxophonist John Coltrane.
• Meditation is the name of an 1885 painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau.

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