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mr.vam
Diffident
Between Samatha and Vipassana Meditation
Introduction
What I have in my mind what I read already about
Buddhist meditation books that I today I have a chance to talk about Buddhist
meditation different between Samatha & Vipassana. But here the way of my
writing and understanding may be diffident from others because I want to
mention about general theory of Buddhist mediation basic on focus on Samatha
& Vipassana and let see how be different between these two things.
1.
Buddhist Meditation
In Buddhism, we use meditation as
essential path of practice in our lives to reach the final goal of Nibana is
called Buddhist Meditation. Buddhists identify meditation with
mental development. We divided two types of meditation in Buddhism, which are Samatha
(tranquility meditations) & Vipassana (insight
meditations) meditation. In Samatha meditation, there are five types of methods
we need to success this kind of meditation that has consisting Aanapa
(mindfulness of breathing or concentration), Metta (loving-kindness), Karuna
(compassion), Mudita (sympathetic joy), upekkha (equanimity). However, in
Vipasana meditation there are only three things to get rid of craving, conceit
and ignorance and after annihilate those three we can achieve inner peace and
freedom, clarity regarding nature of self and wisdom and compassion.
2.
Samatha Meditation
What we call Samatha
meditation it is as for the natural exercise of concentration. This
meditation is good for everyone because we tend to create, think and analyse
too much. Samatha meditation calms the mind and develops
one-pointed concentration and positive emotions. The samatha meditation
includes Anapana (mindfulness of breathing, or mindfulness of
the in-breath and out-breath) and the four brahma-viras
(sublime abodes) of which metta bhavana (development of loving
kindness) is the most often practiced one.
Samatha leads to jhana and psychic
powers. Vipassana leads to insight and nibbana. One can practise Samatha first,
then Vipassana, or one can practise just Vipassana. Thus kind of Samatha meditation is
quite simple, it simplifies the mind and focuses the attention. It is the same
with walking meditation. Use the touch of the feet or the movement of the
legs as your focus of attention. It is a very concrete thing with a
beginning and an end to focus on. Begin to simplify, to move away from
the world of thinking, projecting and complexity to the world of now, this
moment, this body. Walking just one step at a time, Training the
mind gently and firmly requires awareness and patience.
If a bodhisatta were to practise
the Satipatthana method, he would also not attain magga, because of his vow to
attain full enlightenment — a bodhisatta has to wait until his final birth to
realise nibbana. Nevertheless, he would be able to attain deep insights up to
Sankharupekkha ñana, whereas a samatha meditator is not able to attain even the
lower stages of insight knowledge. [1]
Practise tranquillity meditation as
much as you can to develop a strong foundation. The stable mind can stop
thinking, can stop going on and on. Begin to abide in stillness and
clarity. However, a meditator who practices
samatha and attains this state of the concentrated mind cannot realize bodily
and mental processes in their true nature. Because the Samatha meditator is not
able to realize the appearance and disappearance of mental and physical
phenomena, he cannot destroy any of the defilements. The purpose of samatha
meditation is to attain deep concentration and live happily and peacefully.
This is so as long as the mind is concentrated well on the object of
meditation.
3.
Vipassana Meditation
In The
Pali word Vipassana
is divided into two words: ‘Vi’ whichmeans in various ways and 'Passana'
which means seeing. Thus Vipassana means seeing
in various ways and when applied to meditation, it refers to seeing all
objects or phenomena asimpermanent (anicca), suffering (dukkha)
and non-self (anatta).The
principle of Vipassana meditation
is to observe, any mental or physical process that arises predominantly within
the presentmoment.
Vipassana meditation helps to
develop an awareness of the impermanence, interconnectedness, and the contingent
nature of our experience. The vipassana meditations include contemplation on
impermanence, the six element practise, and contemplation on conditionality. A
person who practises meditation vipassana meditation without using samatha as a
ground work, is known as suddha-vipassanayanika. If, therefore, a person wishes
to practise meditation following the path of samathayanika, he should first and
foremost practise samatha.
Venerable Ajahn Cha used to say that Vipassana,
insight meditation, had three signs: impermanence, unsatisfactoriness and
non-self. This practice of Vipassana means to continually reflect on these
three signs, make them your point of reference. The easiest of the three
signs is impermanence, the process of change. It requires a lot of
patience. [2]
Conclusion
2.http://
www.newbuddhist.com/samatha-and-vipassana-meditation.html,9/7/2012.
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