Transcendental Meditation

Why through? I mean, i do zazen, which is basically deep breathing and concentrating on it, to be aware of yourself has many studies about it, improves cognition, calms you, better your focus...
Now i don't see why TM would help, sounds really farfetched to just keep repeating something as a way to achieve any relevant state.

>>42119583
Yeah just find a place where its quite and just start focusing on your breath. That's it.

>>42119616
pretty sure other kinds of Buddhism use mantras in their meditations
when researching meditation, just try to get it straight from the horse's mouth (aka actual recognized masters) instead of infographics or people with little to no contact with the real thing

>>42119651
Can a book substitute? I am interested in learning more.

>>42119800
>Can a book substitute?
Not him.
Zen mind, Beginners mind is a good intro.

Bible beats all though

>>42119830
The bible has stuff on meditation?

>>42119800
i started with Mindfulness in Plain English. one of the older editions is available for free online, i'll try to find it. it is Vipassana Buddhism which is different than Zen, but it's meant for total beginners so it does an amazing job of explaining the concepts in general (what is meditation, mindfulness, concentration, what's the point, how does it work), giving an overview of the various schools of Buddhism, etc. I would start there

The Three Pillars of Zen is also amazing. author was an American translator/lawyer (i think) involved in the post-WWII trials. went to Japan, studied Zen for like 12 years, the whole thing. it is more dense and goes much deeper than the other one

>>42119967
https://www.urbandharma.org/pdf2/Mindfulness%20in%20Plain%20English%20Book%20Preview.pdf

>when you come back and people responded to your thread

honestly thanks boys. i needed this today. my gf broke up with me for my best friend and i felt like shit all week, nice to see some replies. cheers lads.

>>42120115
I'm OP, I think you have the wrong thread?

>>42119967
Thanks for the links, I'll definitely read The Three Pillars of Zen book. I want to learn a lot about this stuff.