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Samatha (calm) and vipassana (insight): two aims of Buddhist meditation. Also, What is Meditation?

Gandhara Buddha circa 1900 years ago, courtesy of wikimedia commons

The twin aims of meditation, in Buddhist practice, are calming the mind and attaining insight.  From Wikipedia:

Samatha, calm abiding, which steadies, composes, unifies and concentrates the mind;

Vipassanā, insight, which enables one to see, explore and discern “formations” (conditioned phenomena based on the five aggregates).[5]

Ami Shavit Alpha Rhythms 2 (Recording mid-1970′s / released 2018)