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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Maitrī (Sanskrit; Pali: mettā) means benevolence, [1] loving-kindness, [2][3] friendliness, [3][4] amity, [4] good will, [5] and active interest in others. [4] It is the first of the four sublime states (Brahmaviharas) and one of the ten pāramīs of the Theravāda school of Buddhism. The cultivation of benevolence (mettā bhāvanā) is a ...
Phra Visuddhisamvarathera AM (Thai: พระวิสุทธิสังวรเถร), known as Ajahn Brahmavaṃso, or simply Ajahn Brahm (born Peter Betts[1] on 7 August 1951), is a British-born Buddhist monk. Ordained in 1974, he trained in the Thai Forest Tradition of Theravada Buddhism under his teacher Ajahn Chah. Currently, Ajahn ...
The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta [1] [note 1] (Majjhima Nikaya 10: The Discourse on the Establishing of Mindfulness), and the subsequently created Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta [2] (Dīgha Nikāya 22: The Great Discourse on the Establishing of Mindfulness), are two of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism, acting as the foundation for contemporary ...
Andy Puddicombe. Andy Puddicombe (born 23 September 1972) is a British author, public speaker and a teacher of meditation and mindfulness. He, alongside Richard Pierson, [1] is the co-founder of Headspace, a digital health company that provides guided meditation training and mindfulness for its users. Puddicombe is a former Buddhist monk with a ...
In Burma, senior meditation practitioners are known as "kammatthanacariyas" (meditation masters). The Thai Forest Tradition names itself Kammaṭṭhāna Forest tradition in reference to their practice of meditating in the forests. In the Pali literature, prior to the post-canonical Pali commentaries, the term kammaṭṭhāna comes up in only ...