what is the purpose of meditation in buddhism?

what is the purpose of meditation in Buddhism?

Meditation is a way to relax the mind and contemplate the day ahead.

Give yourself peace of mind and to , I guess,think about the things you've done

To quiet the mind and seek enlightenment.

Real meditation is about awakening. Meditation is NOT thinking or contemplating. It's strange how nobody understands what it is. Real meditation is a bliss.

Clarity and self-reflection.

There are many different Buddhist meditation techniques but all these techniques serve two purposes:

1. Concentration (Samantha)
Buddhist meditation helps develop the ability to remain in sustained, spacious concentration for periods of time. This develops "calm abiding" - the ability to rest easily with whatever appears in the mind.

2. Insight (passing)
Buddhist meditation also helps develop insight into the nature of reality. Specifically, Buddhist meditation reveals that all things are impermanent, nothing has an essential nature, and happiness cannot be found in any external thing.

Buddhist meditation does not function to cultivate a particular state of mind (bliss, love, peace, etc.), nor does it function to help a person space out from their life.

Its sole function is to help practitioners make direct contact with reality so that they can live in ways that benefit all beings. When a person is able to stay in reality, they are said to be "awake."

The basic purpose of Samantha or tranquility meditation is to still the mind and train it to concentrate. The object of concentration (Marthena)Nas less important than the skill of concentration itself, and varies by individual and situation.