Buddhists pursue meditation as part of the path toward awakening and nirvana (Buddhism). The closest words for meditation in the classical languages of Buddhism are bhāvanā ("development"), and the core practices of body contemplations (repulsiveness and cemetery contemplations) and anapanasati (mindfulness of in-and-out breathing) culminating in jhāna/dhyāna or samādhi.
bUddHists PursUe M?EdItaTIoN. as pArT of the pAtH tOwArd AwAKENinG anD NirvANA (buddHISm). the clOSesT words fOr MEditAtIon in thE classIcaL LanGUaGEs of buddhiSM are Bhāvanā (."devElopment"), and the corE praCTiceS OF BOdy conTemPlationS (rEpulsiveneSs aNd CemetErY cOntEmpLAtIoNs) aNd anapAnaSAT:i (MInDfulness of In-aNd-oUt BREatHinG) CulmInATinG in jhĀnA/dhyĀna or SAmĀDHI.