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samatha-bhāvanā, meaning the development of tranquility. [5] vipassanā-bhāvanā, meaning the development of insight. [5] The word bhavana is sometimes translated into English as 'meditation' so that, for example, metta-bhavana may be translated as 'the meditation on loving-kindness'.
The Bhavana Upanishad is a sister text to Tripura Upanishad. [12] Both of these texts were commented on the 18th-century Tantra and Mother goddess scholar Bhaskararaya. [13] The text has been popular in Srividya tradition of South India. [14] [15] The text was translated by AG Krishna Warrier in 1967.
Theravāda Buddhist meditation practices or Bhavana (mental cultivation) are categorized into two broad categories: Samatha bhavana (calming), and Vipassanā bhavana (investigation, insight). [ web 9 ] Originally these referred to effects or qualities of meditation, but after the time of Buddhaghosa , they also referred to two distinct ...
Bhavana is a Sanskrit and Pali word (bhāvana) that means 'development' or 'cultivating' or 'producing'. It (or variant Bhavna) is also a popular girls name and may refer to: People
The Sanskrit word bhava (भव) means being, worldly existence, becoming, birth, be, production, origin, [1] but also habitual or emotional tendencies. [2] In Buddhism, bhava is the tenth of the twelve links of Pratītyasamutpāda. [3] It is the link between the defilements, and repeated birth, that is, reincarnation. [4]
The English translation by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood is used by English-speaking Vedanta Centers in the evening vesper worship services: Breaker of this world's chain, We adore Thee, whom all men love. Spotless, taking man's form, O Purifier, Thou art above the gunas three, Knowledge divine, not flesh; Thou whom the cosmos ...
Mettā is a Pali word, from maitrī which was itself derived from mitra which, states Monier-Williams, means "friend". [12] The term is found in this sense in the Vedic literature, [ 13 ] such as the Shatapatha Brahmana and various early Upanishads, and Vedanga literature such as Pāṇini 's Aṣṭādhyāyī 5.4.36. [ 12 ]
The Bhagavad Gita (/ ˈ b ʌ ɡ ə v ə d ˈ ɡ iː t ɑː /; [1] Sanskrit: भगवद्गीता, IPA: [ˌbʱɐɡɐʋɐd ˈɡiːtɑː], romanized: bhagavad-gītā, lit. 'God's song'), [a] often referred to as the Gita (IAST: gītā), is a Hindu scripture, dated to the second or first century BCE, [7] which forms part of the epic Mahabharata.