meditation is the intentional and sustained
focusing of attention

it is the object of attention that differentiates
the various forms of meditation

the video below, made available by
The Vipassana Research Institute,
is a discussion of Anapanasati

in this form of Buddhist meditation, the
object of attention is one's own breathing

as you view the video, note the references
to the concepts of intention, focus,
attention and sustained





finally, there are varieties of meditation
where one's attention is focused on either
a word, sound, motion, thought . . .

examples of these will be discussed in
future posts