What Isn't Meditation

We hear lots of different things called "meditative" in daily life. But are they really meditation in the Buddhist sense of the term? We will look at several of these and see how they stack up, and then turn to a passage from the early texts that may help illuminate the problem.

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✅ Sutta mentioned:
With Gopaka Moggallāna: https://suttacentral.net/mn108/en/bodhi

✅ Book:
Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness https://amzn.to/2D1tdoM

Etymology of "meditation": https://www.etymonline.com/word/meditation#etymonline_v_12520

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