3 Different Approaches to Calm and Insight Meditation

3 Different Approaches to Calm and Insight Meditation

The Buddha invites us to experience the breath, repeatedly, in different ways, and so to train our minds. [And yet] the way that different methods frame this flow and movement, as well as the character and nature of each stage, varies.  Many of these reflect an old tension: between breathing mindfulness primarily used for calm (samatha) and breathing mindfulness primarily used for insight (vipassana). All systems encourage some calm, but some me…