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In the study, a small group of healthy medical students attended four 20-minute training sessions on "mindfulness meditation" - a technique adapted from a Tibetan Buddhist form of meditation called samatha.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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In the study, a small group of healthy medical students attended four 20-minute training sessions on "mindfulness meditation" - a technique adapted from a Tibetan Buddhist form of meditation called samatha.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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In Buddhism, there is a form of meditation called samatha bhavana, which can lead to blissful states, like flow.
BC Bloggers 2010
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In 'samatha' the mind becomes like a still, clear pool completely free from disturbance and anger, and ready to mirror on its surface the nature of things as they really are, m which is hidden from ordinary knowledge by the restlessness of desire and craving.
BC Bloggers 2010
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The meditation technique that the buddhists use, called "samatha", seems to do a similar thing.
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Half of the participants practiced various forms of meditation, including zazen, samatha and vipassana.
Mindful Thought Builds Brains William Harryman 2009
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