Samatha Tranquility Meditation For Beginners

Samatha meditation is about calming and steadying the mind. The Buddha often described it as “one-pointedness of mind” (ekaggatā), a state where the mind is settled, clear, and undistracted. Unlike insight meditation, which investigates impermanence, suffering, and non-self, Samatha’s goal is to cultivate concentration (samādhi). It doesn’t seek to analyze or deconstruct experience—it seeks to stabilize it.