contemplative practice

C1399
concept

Contemplative practice is a structured, often ritualized activity—such as meditation, prayer, or reflective journaling—intended to cultivate sustained attention, self-awareness, and insight into one’s inner experience or reality.

All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
samadhi 12
contemplative practice canonical 5
meditative practice 4

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: contemplative practice
Generated description
Contemplative practice is a structured, often ritualized activity—such as meditation, prayer, or reflective journaling—intended to cultivate sustained attention, self-awareness, and insight into one’s inner experience or reality.

Instances (36)

Instance Via concept surface
Samadhi of Ranjit Singh, Lahore samadhi
Christian meditation
Contemplation to Attain Love Ignatian contemplation
Eightfold Path meditation framework
Tai Chi mind–body practice
Veer Bhoomi samadhi
Shanti Van samadhi
Vipassana insight meditation
samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi
surface form: Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi
samadhi
samadhi of Mahadev Desai samadhi
samadhi of Kasturba Gandhi
surface form: Samadhi of Kasturba Gandhi
samadhi
Zen koans meditation aid
samadhi of Rajguru
surface form: Samadhi of Rajguru
samadhi
samadhi of Sukhdev samadhi
Transcendental Meditation mantra meditation
Surya Namaskar meditative practice
The Mother’s Samadhi samadhi
Rosary mysteries meditation aid
Hesychasm
Tukaram Maharaj Samadhi samadhi
Yin Yoga meditative practice
philosophical meditations reflective practice
Qigong meditative exercise
internal alchemy meditative practice
inner alchemy meditative practice
critical inquiry reflective practice
Meditatio Tertia meditation
Meditatio quinta meditation
Zen meditation
Samadhi of Dr. Rajendra Prasad samadhi
Jesus Prayer
Lamrim meditation structured contemplative practice
Mahamudra meditation
Four Foundations of Mindfulness insight meditation framework
samadhi of Sambhaji Maharaj
surface form: Samadhi of Sambhaji Maharaj
samadhi
hooponopono
surface form: Ho‘oponopono
forgiveness practice