The Contemplative Landscape

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

Branch ofInfluenced by
1000 BCE500 BCE1 CE500 CE1000 CE1500 CE2000 CEAdvaita VedantaBhaktiChan BuddhismChristian MysticismClassical Yoga (Patanjali)DzogchenEarly BuddhismGnosticismHesychasmJainismKabbalahKashmir ShaivismMahayana BuddhismModern Non-DualNeoplatonismQuaker Inner LightSecular Mindfulness (MBSR)SufismTai Chi/QigongTantraTaoismTheravada BuddhismTibetan Buddhism (Gelug)Vajrayana BuddhismVedantaVipassana MovementZen