When a meditator engages in quiet awareness of the "here and now," rather than concentrating on an object, sound, or activity, the person is employing: ?

The person is employing "the open monitoring technique."

In "open monitoring meditation" one starts to practice “awareness of thinking.”  All we should do to rehearse this type of reflection is to know about our musings and emotions and watch them without connection. From multiple points of view the meditator turns into a logical eyewitness of the workings of his or her own brain, and starts to have an expanding consciousness of exactly what considerations achieve changes in feelings: what makes them upbeat and what makes them pitiful.  

the correct answer is "c": the pillars proclaimed his regret at the bloodshed at the battle of kalinga and his conversion to buddhism.

the kalinga war is considered as one of the largest battles in the history of india. it was fought between the between the maurya empire, which ruled the lands of what is now known as india at the time, and the independent feudal kingdom of kalinga.

the army of maurya empire, led by its king ashoka, fought a prolonged war against kalinga. the war ended around 262 bce with the victory of the maurya empire. it is believed that ashoka, after having witnessed the loss of many lives during this war, felt deep responsibility and eventually converted into buddhism.

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