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Placement of the mind (Skt. cittasthāpana, Tib. འཇོག་པ – sems ’jog-pa) occurs when the practitioner is able to place their attention on the object of meditation, but is unable to maintain that attention for very long. Distractions, dullness of mind and other hindrances are common. Continuous placement (Skt. samsthāpana, Tib.
A version of the Serenity prayer appearing on an Alcoholics Anonymous medallion (date unknown).. The Serenity Prayer is an invocation by the petitioner for wisdom to understand the difference between circumstances ("things") that can and cannot be changed, asking courage to take action in the case of the former, and serenity to accept in the case of the latter.
here, consciousness cognizes or is aware of its specific sense base (including the mind and mind objects) viññā ṇ a is a prerequisite for the arising of craving ( ta ṇ hā ) hence, for the vanquishing of suffering ( dukkha ), one should neither identify with nor attach to viññā ṇ a
Sympathetic joy (Pāli and Sinhala: මුදිතා (mudita)) results from metta: the feeling of joy because others are happy, even if one did not contribute to it, as a form of sympathetic joy; [9] Equanimity (Pāli: upekkhā, Sinhala: උපේක්ෂා (upekshā)): even-mindedness and serenity, treating everyone impartially. [9] [10]
A prayer book is a book containing prayers and perhaps devotional readings, for private or communal use, or in some cases, outlining the liturgy of religious services. Books containing mainly orders of religious services, or readings for them are termed "service books" or "liturgical books", and are thus not prayer-books in the strictest sense, but the term is often used very loosely.
"For one enraptured at heart, the body grows calm and the mind grows calm. When the body & mind of a monk enraptured at heart grow calm, then serenity as a factor for awakening becomes aroused. He develops it, and for him it goes to the culmination of its development. "For one who is at ease — his body calmed — the mind becomes concentrated.
He reveals it at the end of Prakeernaka Sangraha Katha saying, " Accepting respectfully the order of our lord in his supremacy and ultimate kindness, Bhasaye jothaye Dhammang, Pali: "භාසයේ ජෝතයේ ධම්මං" the bright Dhamma and even if it is absolutely hard to find such rare higherst excellencies (Buddhas), super ...