Meditation and Its Subjects: Tracing Kammaṭṭhāna from the Early Canon to the Boran Kammathan Traditions of Southeast Asia

This article examines the term kammaṭṭhāna in three contexts. It begins by looking at the rare usage in the Pali canon where it denotes secular work, but is extended to include the work of the ascetic. It then looks at its usage in the commentarial period to denote the meditation subjects for samath...

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Main Author: Skilton, Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge [2019]
In: Contemporary buddhism
Year: 2019, Volume: 20, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 36-72
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