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  2. Samatha-vipassanā - Wikipedia

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    In modern Theravāda, the relation between samatha and vipassanā is a matter of dispute. Meditation-practice was reinvented in the Theravāda tradition in the 18th–20th centuries, based on contemporary readings of the Satipaṭṭhāna sutta, the Visuddhimagga, and other texts, centering on vipassanā and "dry insight" and downplaying ...

  3. Vipassana movement - Wikipedia

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    Vipassana/Insight meditation is classed as a "deconstructive" form of meditation by Buddhist scholar and scientist Cortland Dahl and coauthors. [25] Psychology researchers differ as to whether an association exists between unpleasant meditation-related experiences and deconstructive meditation types; a recent study noted that their sample size ...

  4. Buddhist meditation - Wikipedia

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    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 (a state of meditative absorption resulting in a calm and luminous mind).

  5. Samadhi - Wikipedia

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    Ramana Maharshi distinguished between kevala nirvikalpa samadhi and sahaja nirvikalpa samādhi: [95] [web 5] [web 6] Sahaja samadhi is a state in which a silent level within the subject is maintained along with (simultaneously with) the full use of the human faculties. [95]

  6. Ashtanga (eight limbs of yoga) - Wikipedia

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    The later commentarial tradition interprets YS 1.17, which describes samprajnata, as meditation with support of an object of meditation, and YS 1.18 as describing asamprajnata samadhi (YS 1.18), meditation without support of an object of meditation, [70] though the term asamprajnata samadhi is not used in the Yoga Sutras.

  7. Rāja yoga - Wikipedia

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    Dhyana (meditation) Samadhi: Problem-solving method 3: Use states to explore self: Samyama (i.e. dharana, dhyana, samadhi) Vipassana, other insight practices View of ordinary reality: 4 Erroneous Beliefs — permanence, — reality of body, — that suffering is happiness, — that body/mind is true self: 3 Marks of Existence, obscured by error:

  8. Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Wikipedia

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    Book 1, Samadhi Pada, [49] [50] contains 51 sutras. The Yogabhashya states that 'yoga' in the Yoga Sutras has the meaning of 'samadhi'. [f] Samadhi is a state of direct and reliable perception where "the seer" (Purusha, pure consciousness, the Self) abides in itself. Samadhi is the main technique the yogi learns by which to calm the workings of ...

  9. Samādhāna - Wikipedia

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    Samādhāna or samādhānam (Sanskrit: समाधानम्) is a Sanskrit noun derived from the word, samādhā (समाधा), and variously means – putting together, uniting, fixing the mind in abstract contemplation on the true nature of the soul, contemplate oneness, concentrated or formless meditation, commitment, intentness, steadiness, composure, peace of mind, complete ...