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| − | '''five meditations''' | + | '''five [[meditations]]''' |
[五停心観] (Jpn gojoshin-kan ) | [五停心観] (Jpn gojoshin-kan ) | ||
| − | Also, five meditations for stopping the mind. Five meditative practices for quieting the mind and eliminating delusion. | + | Also, five [[meditations]] for stopping the [[mind]]. Five [[meditative]] practices for quieting the [[mind]] and eliminating [[delusion]]. |
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| − | (1) meditation on the vileness of the body, | + | (1) [[meditation]] on the vileness of the [[body]], |
| − | (2) meditation on compassion, | + | (2) [[meditation]] on [[compassion]], |
| − | (3) meditation on dependent origination, | + | (3) [[meditation]] on [[dependent origination]], |
| − | (4) meditation on the correct discernment of the phenomenal world, and | + | (4) [[meditation]] on the correct [[discernment]] of the [[phenomenal world]], and |
| − | (5) breath-counting meditation. | + | (5) [[breath-counting meditation]]. |
| − | Meditation on the vileness of the body serves to eliminate greed by contemplating the impurity of the body and severing one's attachment to it. Meditation on compassion serves to eliminate anger and hatred by contemplating compassion. Meditation on dependent origination serves to eliminate foolishness or ignorance by contemplating the twelve-linked chain of causation. Meditation on the correct discernment of the phenomenal world enables one to gain an understanding that no phenomena or existences have any permanent intrinsic substance, by contemplating the five components and the eighteen elements. Breath-counting meditation serves to calm the mind by counting one's breaths. | + | [[Meditation]] on the vileness of the [[body]] serves to eliminate [[greed]] by contemplating the [[impurity]] of the [[body]] and severing one's [[attachment]] to it. [[Meditation]] on [[compassion]] serves to eliminate [[anger]] and [[hatred]] by contemplating [[compassion]]. [[Meditation]] on [[dependent origination]] serves to eliminate [[foolishness]] or [[ignorance]] by contemplating the [[twelve-linked chain of causation]]. [[Meditation]] on the correct [[discernment]] of the [[phenomenal world]] enables one to gain an [[understanding]] that no [[phenomena]] or [[existences]] have any [[permanent]] intrinsic [[substance]], by contemplating the [[five components]] and the eighteen [[elements]]. [[Breath-counting meditation]] serves to [[calm]] the [[mind]] by counting one's breaths. |
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Revision as of 01:03, 20 January 2014
five meditations
[五停心観] (Jpn gojoshin-kan )
Also, five meditations for stopping the mind. Five meditative practices for quieting the mind and eliminating delusion.
They are
(1) meditation on the vileness of the body,
(2) meditation on compassion,
(3) meditation on dependent origination,
(4) meditation on the correct discernment of the phenomenal world, and
(5) breath-counting meditation.
Meditation on the vileness of the body serves to eliminate greed by contemplating the impurity of the body and severing one's attachment to it. Meditation on compassion serves to eliminate anger and hatred by contemplating compassion. Meditation on dependent origination serves to eliminate foolishness or ignorance by contemplating the twelve-linked chain of causation. Meditation on the correct discernment of the phenomenal world enables one to gain an understanding that no phenomena or existences have any permanent intrinsic substance, by contemplating the five components and the eighteen elements. Breath-counting meditation serves to calm the mind by counting one's breaths.
