On May 14, 2008, at 7:13 PM, sparaig wrote: > "Here, we offer a theoretical > framework, based on traditional meditation texts and > modern neuroscientific conceptions, in which some standard > meditations are grouped into two broad categories: > focused attention (FA) and open monitoring (OM) meditation" > > > No mention of a "Buddhist meditation praxis." The article says > explicitly > that it attempts to group some standard mediations into two broad > categories.
Here's what is says: "To narrow the explanandum to a more tractable scope, we use Buddhist contemplative techniques and their clinical secular derivatives as a paradigmatic framework [7,6,7]. Among the wide range of practices within the Buddhist tradition, we further narrow this review to two common styles of meditation, FA and OM (Boxes 1,2), which are often combined, whether within a single session or over the course of a practitioner’s training." > > > OK it doesn't claim to put them ALL into these two categories, but > it seems > obvious that YOU put TM into the "focused attention meditation" > category, and > previous work by the same authors has done the same (said work you > have cited > in this forum, I might point out). That's because I'm trained in meditation and both the Hindu and the Buddhist traditions and am familiar with their instructions and different techniques. If you aren't you'll continue making the same factual errors--I have to assume--from poor or misunderstood training. Transcending meditation is a style of Shamatha (of which there are hundreds of different techniques). It doesn't matter if you like that or not, that's just how it is. :-) ------------------------------------ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
