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The five faults and eight antidotes are factors of samatha meditation identified in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The five faults identify obstacles to meditation practice, and the eight antidotes are applied to overcome the five faults. This system originates with Maitreyanātha's Madhyānta-vibhāga and is elaborated upon in further texts ...
Thomas Cleary. Thomas Cleary (24 April 1949 – 20 June 2021) was an American translator and author of more than 80 books related to Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Muslim classics, and of The Art of War, a treatise on management, military strategy, and statecraft. [1][2][3] He has translated books from Pali, Sanskrit, Arabic, Chinese ...
t. e. Buddhist meditation is the practice of meditation in Buddhism. The closest words for meditation in the classical languages of Buddhism are bhāvanā ("mental development") [note 1] and jhāna/dhyāna (mental training resulting in a calm and luminous mind). [note 2] Buddhists pursue meditation as part of the path toward liberation from ...
Maraṇasati (mindfulness of death, death awareness) is a Buddhist meditation practice of remembering (frequently keeping in mind) that death can strike at any time (AN 6.20), and that we should practice assiduously (appamada) and with urgency in every moment, even in the time it takes to draw one breath. Not being diligent every moment is ...
Contents. Anapanasati. Ānāpānasati (Pali; Sanskrit: ānāpānasmṛti), meaning " mindfulness of breathing " (sati means mindfulness; ānāpāna refers to inhalation and exhalation [ 1 ][better source needed]), is the act of paying attention to the breath. It is the quintessential form of Buddhist meditation, attributed to Gautama Buddha ...
Summary. The Visuddhimagga is composed of three sections, which discuss: 1) Sīla (ethics or discipline); 2) Samādhi (meditative concentration); 3) Pañña (understanding or wisdom). The first section (part 1) explains the rules of discipline, and the method for finding a correct temple to practice, or how to meet a good teacher.
Glossary of Buddhism. The brahmavihārā (sublime attitudes, lit. "abodes of Brahma") are a series of four Buddhist virtues and the meditation practices made to cultivate them. They are also known as the four immeasurables (Pāli: appamaññā) [1] or four infinite minds (Chinese: 四無量心). [2] The brahmavihārā are:
e. Self-enquiry, also spelled self-inquiry (Sanskrit vichara, also called jnana -vichara[1] or ātma -vichār), is the constant attention to the inner awareness of "I" or "I am" recommended by Ramana Maharshi as the most efficient and direct way of discovering the unreality of the "I"-thought. Ramana Mahirishi taught that the "I"-thought will ...