Is praying a form of meditation?

But meditation, Western Buddhists maintain, is simply a “practice.” It's “secular,” with no traditional God, even while it may also be “spiritual.” It turns out, however, that the gap between Buddhist meditation and Christian prayer might not be so huge. Indeed, some forms seem almost identical. read more

In general, prayer is a type of contemplative practice, just like meditation is as well. However, they are different types of practices. Discursive prayer is not meditation, but can lead to meditation, as it has for several Christian mystics. read more

It can be. Repetitive prayer such as the rosary, or repeating the Lord's Prayer over and over, can be a form of meditation. read more