Taoism includes a number of meditative and contemplative traditions, said to have their principles described in the I Ching, Tao Te Ching, Zhuangzi, and Daozang among other texts.

Many meditative traditions do not require sitting cross legged.

In spirituality, and especially nondual, mystical and eastern meditative traditions, the human being is often conceived as being in the illusion of individual existence, and separateness from other aspects of creation.

He blends traditional psychotherapy with alternative meditative traditions such as core mindfulness skills and meditation in daily life to emphasize non-judgmental awareness, energy, and the cultivation of loving kindness.

The Vedas discuss the meditative traditions of ancient India.

There are indications throughout the Tanach (the Hebrew Bible) that Judaism always contained a central meditative tradition.

Zen is essentially an exploratory methodology for mapping consciousness, a meditative tradition that foregrounds direct experience of tathātā which may only be afforded by the entrance of the "gateless" Dharma Gate.

In spirituality, and especially nondual, mystical, and eastern meditative traditions, individual existence is often described as a kind of illusion.

Neidan is part of the Chinese alchemical meditative tradition that is said to have been separated into internal and external (Waidan) at some point during the Tang dynasty.

Yoga-darsana is based on the exposition of the epistemological, metaphysical, and methodological ideas of an age-long meditative tradition codified in the work of Patanjali and widely known as Yoga Sutras.