Editing Meditation (section)

====Separation of technique from tradition====

Some of the difficulty in precisely defining meditation has been in recognizing the particularities of the many various [[tradition]]s;<ref name="intro to consciousness">Lutz, Dunne and Davidson, "Meditation and the Neuroscience of Consciousness: An Introduction" in ''The Cambridge handbook of consciousness'' by Philip David Zelazo, Morris Moscovitch, Evan Thompson, 2007 {{ISBN|0-521-85743-0}} pp. 499–551 [http://compassion.stanford.edu/pdf/Dunne_Ch%2019%20Lutz%20Dunne%20Davidson-1.pdf (proof copy)] (NB: pagination of published was 499–551 proof was 497–550). {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303102034/http://compassion.stanford.edu/pdf/Dunne_Ch%2019%20Lutz%20Dunne%20Davidson-1.pdf |date=3 March 2012 }}</ref> and theories and practice can differ within a tradition.<ref name="Dunne @ Stanford">{{cite web|title=John Dunne's speech |url=http://ccare.stanford.edu/node/21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120171057/http://ccare.stanford.edu/node/21 |archive-date=20 November 2012 }}</ref> Taylor noted that even within a [[faith]] such as "Hindu" or "Buddhist", schools and individual teachers may teach distinct types of meditation.{{sfn|Taylor|1999|p=2}}
Ornstein noted that "Most techniques of meditation do not exist as solitary practices but are only artificially separable from an entire system of practice and belief."{{sfn|Naranjo|Ornstein|p=143|1972}} For instance, while monks meditate as part of their everyday lives, they also engage in the codified rules and live together in monasteries in specific cultural settings that go along with their meditative practices.