The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to meditation:

Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique to train attention and awareness and detach from reflexive, "discursive thinking", achieving a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state, while not judging the meditation process itself.

Meditation can be described as all of the following:

History of meditation

• Patikulamanasikara (foulness meditation) focuses on the unpleasant aspects of the human body, in an effort to reduce attachment to it.
• Anapanasati (breathing meditation) focuses on the breath.

• Dhammakaya meditation

• Mahasati meditation

• Neigong
• Qigong
• Zuowang

• Muraqabah