05/06/2026
The difference between mindfulness and meditation? Most people use the words interchangeably β but they are not the same.
MINDFULNESS is the practice of bringing your awareness to the present moment. Rooted in the Buddhist concept of sati ("to remember"), it has been widely adopted in psychology and wellness β used for stress reduction, focus, anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, and peak performance. Its benefits are scientifically documented. But when mindfulness becomes a tool for self-improvement or performance, it stays on the surface.
MEDITATION, in the OSHO vision, goes much deeper. It is "sammasati" β right remembrance. Not remembering the present moment, but remembering your own being. Meditation is not a technique to manage the mind. It is the discovery of who you are beneath the mind.
And meditation has many faces: love, understanding, clarity, relaxation, intelligence, playfulness, silence, celebration... It is not one practice β it is a way of being that touches every corner of your life.
Mindfulness can be the doorway. Meditation is what you find when you walk through it.
At the OSHO International Meditation Resort in Pune, India, you can experience meditation in its deepest form β through 7 daily OSHO Active Meditations designed for the modern person, silent sittings, courses, and OSHO Meditative Therapies.
π Learn more about OSHO meditation:
https://bit.ly/faqs-on-meditation
π Read more about mindfulness: https://www.oshotimes.com/opinions/mindfulness-as-emergent-phenomena/
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