Meditation

Japanese: meditatio
Meditation

…In Western languages, it is called contemplation or meditation (both Latin words), which can be translated as meditation or contemplation. It means to calm the mind and pray to God or to concentrate one's mind.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "meditatio" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…西欧語ではコンテンプラティオcontemplatio,メディタティオmeditatio(ともにラテン語)にあたり,それを訳して黙想,観想ともいう。心を静めて神に祈ったり,心を一つに集中すること。…

※「meditatio」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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