transcendental meditation

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a technique, based on ancient Hindu writings, by which one seeks to achieve a relaxed state through regular periods of meditation during which a mantra is repeated. Abbreviation: TM

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Origin of transcendental meditation

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby transcendental meditation

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Sharma also suspects that transcendental meditation, which often involves focusing on a mantra to produce an altered state of mind, is a risk factor for psychosis.
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He turns a visit to a prefab home emporium into a meditation on wealth as a path to spiritual legitimacy.
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And critics say that celebrity meditation-boosters like Arianna Huffington and David Lynch offer more flash than substance.
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One million Americans are taking up mindfulness meditation each year.
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In recent years, mindfulness meditation, which is derived from Buddhist Vipassana techniques, has exploded in popularity.
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Meditation is all about training yourself to “course correct in thinking and movement,” says Gervais.
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The hum of earnest or glad voices here contrasted strongly with silence and meditation there.
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For forty years Anastatia Dodd had lived in maiden meditation fancy free.
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He continued to walk the room from hour to hour, in perturbed meditation on all that he had seen and heard through the day.
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We recommend the subject for meditation to the profoundest metaphysicians.
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Lofty trees cast their gigantic shadows along the ground, and promised a secure asylum to peaceful meditation.
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British Dictionary definitions for transcendental meditation

Transcendental Meditation

noun

trademark US a technique, based on Hindu traditions, for relaxing and refreshing the mind and body through the silent repetition of a mantra. Disseminated by an international organization founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1917-2008), an Indian-born guruAbbreviation: TM

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