Innehållsförteckning
Vilken inriktning kallas den äldstes lära och vad innebär det?
Theravada betyder ungefär ”de äldstes lära” och är en gren av buddismen som kommer ifrån Sri Lanka. Inom Theravada-buddhism tror man att det finns en enda buddha, till skillnad från en annan buddistisk gren (Mahayana).
Vad betyder ordet mahayana?
Mahayana, den stora vagnen, är den absolut största riktningen inom buddhismen. Namnet syftar på att alla som vill kan få plats i den stora vagnen som leder till nirvana. Detta betyder att alla människor kan bli en buddha i det här livet, men det krävs i regel många återfödslar som mahayanabuddhist innan.
Vad är mahayana inom buddhismen?
What is samatha meditation and vipassana meditation?
Samatha meditation (counting breaths) is for calming the mind; Vipassana meditation (observing the abdomen rising and falling) is for clearing the mind What is Vipassana Meditation? By contrast Vipassana meditation is aimed at insight or clearing the mind.
Is vipassana meditation the best way to let go?
In these cases it is safe to say that Vipassana meditation is the practice of choice, as it is specifically designed for seeing clearly and therefore letting go. Solely using meditation for calmness will not resolve underlying problems in the mind or unresolved issues from the past.
What is samathayanika meditation?
(2) practising meditation vipassana pure and directly without the basic exercise of samatha. A person who practises meditation for realization of nibbāna making use of samatha as a frame-work is known as samathayanika which means a person who ’makes his way’ to nibbāna using samatha as a vehicle.
What is vipassana insight-meditation?
Only if vipassana insight-meditation is practised, one will be able to realize nibbāna and be completely free from all kinds of misery and sufferings, such as old age, disease and death. There are two modes of practising vipassana meditation. They are: (1) practising samatha using it as a vehicle for the attainment of vipassana ñana;