What is better prayer or meditation?

Answer 1

Answer 1)

a)I would say, generally, neither, both are very excellent methods for spiritual development.

b)If, however, we want to be more specific, I would say, it depends on several factors. Firstly, Which one gives you the best results?

Secondly, What is it you wish to achieve?

Thirdly, What do we mean by 'Better'?

True deep Meditation is very good for Enlightenment, and this is one of its main uses. One can then come out of the deep meditative state a wiser person and give the fruits of this wisdom to others. In the Bhagavad Gita it says, the greatest gift one can give another is wisdom, and indeed it is so!

In deep prayer we are used as a channel for spiritual healing of ourselves and others. This is a very good spiritual practice, and one which virtually every person on the planet can do.

Only a relative few people in the world can perform meditation in the strict sense of the term. What most people regard as Meditation is really a form of Concentrative or Contemplative practice. Meditation is very much higher than this.

Answer 2

Meditation is a way for one to calm not only the mind but also the body. It relives stress and lowers blood pressure as well as giving your mind a chance to rest.

Prayer and meditation are a way for some people to get "bliss" and relaxation. It gives them something to turn to when times are down, or just when they need to get away. I meditate and I usually feel fantastic afterward.

meditation is the act of training the mind in single pointed focus over the span of one's lifetime. quite possibly the hardest thing to do in the world. if you practice perfectly for decades you can get to the point where you can begin to engage in eastern religious practices with actual results noticeable. but until then prayer is most likely just sound coming out of one's mouth.

The results vary, you could go crazy and start believing you are somebody you are not and nobody could fix you. You could start flying and reading people's minds. You could be reborn a god or a human again. or nothing could happen because the meditation was really not meditating. but that's neither here nor there if you haven't been doing it every day for about 50 years.

Ive been doing it for about 4 years and my day to day existence feels like butter, sounds are so soft, and sometimes ugly things look beautiful, but pleasure is just a byproduct of good practice. If pleasure is all you want, pleasure is all that you will get from it and you'll eventually quit. But if you had a religious reason to meditate, your power will become boundless.

Answer 3

When you meditate you are just deep in thought about something. It doesn't have to be related to religion. When you are praying, you are asking or thanking God for something you need or want.