Meditations of the Pali tradition: illuminating Buddhist doctrine, history, and practice

Editor's introduction / by Sarah Shaw -- Introduction -- 1. Jhāna in the commentaries -- 2. Jhāna in the Pali Canon -- 3. Formless attainments in the Pali Canon -- 4. The roots of insight meditation -- 5. Samatha and Vipassanā -- 6. The Sutta on mindfulness with in and out breathing -- 7. The l...

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Auteur principal: Cousins, Lance Selwyn 1942-2015 (Auteur)
Collaborateurs: Shaw, Sarah (Éditeur intellectuel)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
Service de livraison Subito: Commander maintenant.
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: Boulder, Colorado Shambhala [2022]
Dans:Année: 2022
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Pāli / Littérature bouddhiste / Méditation / Samata / Vipassanâ
B Theravāda / Méditation
Sujets non-standardisés:B Méditation Theravāda Buddhism
Accès en ligne: Table des matières
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Résumé:Editor's introduction / by Sarah Shaw -- Introduction -- 1. Jhāna in the commentaries -- 2. Jhāna in the Pali Canon -- 3. Formless attainments in the Pali Canon -- 4. The roots of insight meditation -- 5. Samatha and Vipassanā -- 6. The Sutta on mindfulness with in and out breathing -- 7. The lost meditation tradition from the Silk Road -- 8. The Porāṇa meditation tradition -- 9. The flourishing of insight meditation in modern times -- 10. The varieties of Samatha and Samatha-Vipassanā today -- 11. Jhanā meditation instructions from the Theriya tradition: a translation of Ācariya Buddhadatta's Entrance to Abhidamma, Chapter Fourteen -- Appendix A: Buddhaghosa's classification of forty objects -- Appendix B: Commonly cited passages -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
"Based on a series of lectures that were themselves crafted with this book in mind, this books explores meditation in the Southern Buddhist tradition from its beginnings at the time of the Buddha and after, with a survey of some of the many schools of meditation practice found in recent Theravāda Buddhism and an interlude in Central Asia"--
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Description matérielle:xxxi, 299 Seiten, Diagramme
ISBN:1611809878