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The Contemplative Landscape

How the great contemplative traditions connect, diverge, and speak to one another — an interactive guide to the paths of practice.

600 BCE500 BCE400 BCE300 BCE200 BCE100 CE300 CE400 CE500 CE600 CE800 CE900 CE1200 CE1400 CE1700 CE1900 CE2000 CEAdvaita VedantaHindu800 CEBhaktiHindu600 CEChan BuddhismBuddhist500 CEChristian MysticismChristian Contemplative300 CEClassical Yoga (Patanjali)Hindu200 BCEDzogchenBuddhist800 CEEarly BuddhismBuddhist500 BCEGnosticismOther100 CEHesychasmChristian Contemplative400 CEJainismOther600 BCEKabbalahOther1200 CEKashmir ShaivismHindu900 CEMahayana BuddhismBuddhist100 CEModern Non-DualModern Secular2000 CENeoplatonismOther300 CEQuaker Inner LightChristian Contemplative1700 CESecular Mindfulness (MBSR)Modern Secular2000 CESufismIslamic Contemplative800 CETai Chi/QigongTaoist1200 CETantraHindu500 CETaoismTaoist500 BCETheravadaBuddhist300 BCETibetan Buddhism (Gelug)Buddhist1400 CEVajrayana BuddhismBuddhist500 CEVedantaHindu400 BCEVipassana MovementBuddhist1900 CEZenBuddhist600 CE
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