Page 5 - Toluna Magazine EN-AE July 2022

A professor of psychology, Matt

Rossano suggested that the

W H E N A N D W H E R E latest phases of human
evolution have been influenced
D I D I T S T A R T ? by humans' capacity of

Meditation is used for a number increased and sustained
of purposes such as: training attention, as part of the
attention and awareness, meditative act.

relieving stress and for attaining
a stable state of spirit and mind.

It has been practiced in many

religious traditions, although
the earliest evidence is found in

Hindu philosophy, specifically in
the Upanishads, late Vedic
Sanskrit texts, around 1500 BCE.

However, some archaelogists
date it back to 5000 BCE.

Meditation has got a big role in

Buddhism and Hinduism E T Y M O L O G Y
overall and since the 19th The English term comes from

century, meditative techniques Latin 'meditatio' or 'meditari',
have also come to emerge in which translates into 'to think,
other different non-spiritual contemplate, devise, ponder'.

settings such as health and
business. However, the meditation

English term has been
One good example would be introduced as a form of
mindfulness, which originally translation for the Eastern term

has its roots in Buddhist referring to meditation,
philosophy, but became 'dhyāna' in Buddhism and

extremely popular in the Hinduism, originally coming
Western society and in the field from the Sanskrit root 'dhyai',

of Psychology. which means to meditate or

contemplate.