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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'. Meditation is properly called dhyana (Sanskrit; Pali: jhāna), as practiced in samādhi, the 8th limb of the eightfold path.
Bhavana was born Karthika Menon [1] on 6 June 1986 [2] [3] in Thrissur, Kerala. She is the daughter of Pushpa and assistant cinematographer G. Balachandran. She has an elder brother, Jayadev. [4] She was educated at Holy Family Convent Girls High School, Thrissur. Bhavana has described herself as a restless person and someone who's "hard to ...
Bhante Gunaratana is currently the abbot of the Bhavana Society, a monastery and meditation retreat center that he founded in High View, West Virginia, in 1985. [2] [3] [4] He is the author of the bestselling meditation guide Mindfulness in Plain English (1992).
Buddha depicted in dhyāna, Amaravati, India. In the oldest texts of Buddhism, dhyāna (Sanskrit: ध्यान) or jhāna (Pali: 𑀛𑀸𑀦) is a component of the training of the mind (), commonly translated as meditation, to withdraw the mind from the automatic responses to sense-impressions and "burn up" the defilements, leading to a "state of perfect equanimity and awareness (upekkhā ...
In over a dozen discourses, the following description (in English and Pāli) is provided for radiating loving-kindness in six directions: [22] One abides, having suffused with a mind of benevolence one direction of the world,
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 ...
Nandini Ramanna, better known by her stage name Bhavana , is an Indian actress who works predominantly in the Kannada film industry. A Bharatanatyam dancer, she has received three Karnataka State Film Awards and acted in Shanti , a film that entered the Guinness Book of Records .
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.