Meditation
Meditation enriches life and brings deeper meaning to it. It is a refined method for developing and uplifting the mind, compassionately shared by the Buddha over 2,600 years ago. Explore the complete 4-part guide below to learn the foundations, methods, and practices of calming, insight, breath mindfulness, and loving-kindness.
Let Us Meditation
Understand the core foundations of mental training, the essential requirement of saddhā (confidence in the Buddha’s wisdom), and the rare opportunity (khano) of human birth to cultivate peace and dignity.
- The nature of mental cultivation & training
- Confidence in the Buddha’s wisdom (saddhā)
- Embracing the momentous opportunity of human life
- Overcoming doubt and developing moral dignity
Let Us Identify the Basic Types of Meditation
Explore the two fundamental paths of meditation taught by the Buddha: Samatha (Calming) to subdue the Five Hindrances, and Vipassanā (Insight) to perceive impermanence, suffering, and non-self.
- Samatha (Calming) & Vipassanā (Insight) Meditation
- Overcoming the Five Hindrances (Pañca Nīvaraṇa)
- Attaining deep absorption (Jhāna)
- The Four Establishments of Mindfulness (Satipaṭṭhāna)
From Breath to Nibbāna ( Real Happiness )
Delve into Kāyānupassanā (Mindfulness of the Body) and Ānāpānasati (Mindfulness of Breathing) as a systematic, gradual training to observe the breath, still bodily processes, and directly realize Nibbāna.
- The 4 fruits revealed in the Mahā Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
- Mindfulness of the Body (Kāyānupassanā)
- Mindfulness of Inhaling & Exhaling (Ānāpānasati)
- Stilling bodily activity & discerning impermanence
Loving Kindness Meditation (Mettā Bhāvanā)
Practice boundless goodwill and friendliness according to the Anuruddha Sutta: radiating infinite loving kindness in 10 directions, gradually expanding benevolence, and entering the meditative jhānas.
- Meaning of genuine Mettā (friendliness & goodwill)
- Appamāna Ceto Vimutti (Infinite Loving Kindness in 10 directions)
- Mahaggata Ceto Vimutti (Expanding Loving Kindness)
- Overcoming hindrances & developing the Jhāna factors