Meditation performed as a formal, communal rite with a fixed structure of its own, rather than as an individual's private practice, distinguishing these from the meditative practices filed under the practice type.
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What Defines This GroupingSet rites whose content is a period of meditation performed in a prescribed form on a prescribed occasion, as distinct from meditation kept as a standing personal discipline, which the atlas treats as a practice. The line between the two is this classification's own and is not one the traditions draw. 2 Learn More
The meditative rituals
This small group holds a meditative ritual, a ceremonial form of contemplative practice, in which meditation is framed and structured as a rite rather than practised informally.
The browser will find the ritual the atlas classes here. The entry describes its form and aim, noting the tradition in which it is performed.
All Meditative Rituals
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Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensions
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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