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Verbal context influences the way an expression is understood; hence the norm of not citing people out of context. Since much contemporary linguistics takes texts, discourses, or conversations as the object of analysis, the modern study of verbal context takes place in terms of the analysis of discourse structures and their mutual relationships ...
De Tranquillitate Animi (On the tranquility of the mind / on peace of mind) is a Latin work by the Stoic philosopher Seneca (4 BC–65 AD). The dialogue concerns the state of mind of Seneca's friend Annaeus Serenus, and how to cure Serenus of anxiety , worry and disgust with life.
passaddhi ("tranquility" or "serenity" or "calm") sukho ("happiness" or "pleasure"). By establishing mindfulness, one overcomes the Five Hindrances ( pañca nīvaraṇi ), gives rise to gladness, rapture, pleasure and tranquillizes the body ( kāyo passambhati ); such bodily tranquillity ( passaddhakāyo ) leads to higher states of ...
The Tibetan term for samatha is ཞི་གནས་ (shyiné; Wylie: zhi-gnas). [10] The semantic field of Sanskrit shama and Tibetan shi is "pacification", "the slowing or cooling down", "rest." [10] The semantic field of Tibetan né is "to abide or remain" and this is cognate or equivalent with the final syllable of the Sanskrit, thā. [11]
The Hay Wain by John Constable (1821). Tranquillity (also spelled tranquility) is the quality or state of being tranquil; that is, calm, serene, and worry-free.The word tranquillity appears in numerous texts ranging from the religious writings of Buddhism—where the term passaddhi refers to tranquillity of the body, thoughts, and consciousness on the path to enlightenment—to an assortment ...
Bust of Epicurus.Achieving ataraxia is an important goal in Epicurean philosophy.. In Ancient Greek philosophy, ataraxia (Greek: ἀταραξία, from ἀ-indicating negation or absence and ταραχ-tarach-' to disturb, trouble ' with the abstract noun suffix -ία), generally translated as ' unperturbedness ', ' imperturbability ', ' equanimity ', or ' tranquility ', [1] is a lucid state ...
Relaxation or tranquility (passaddhi, Skt. prashrabdhi) of both body and mind; Concentration a calm, one-pointed state of mind, [1] or "bringing the buried latencies or samskaras into full view" [2] Equanimity (upekkhā, Skt. upekshā). To accept reality as-it-is (yathā-bhuta) without craving or aversion.
In Roman mythology, Tranquillitas was the personification of tranquility. [1] Tranquillitas seems to be related to Annona (the goddess of the corn harvest from Egypt) and Securitas, implying reference to the peaceful security of the Roman Empire. In the Roman context, the characteristics of Tranquilitas reflected the values at the heart of the ...