Bhāvanā (Meditation)

Buddhist meditation is about removing greed, anger, and ignorance (of the world’s true nature) from the mind.

This section is pre-2016; revised on May 25, 2024 (start of the “Meditation – Deeper Aspects” section)

Meditation – Basic Aspects

▪It would be a good idea to read the posts in the following subsection at some point to get an idea of the reasoning behind this approach: “Essential Buddhism.”

o1. Introduction to Buddhist Meditation

o2. The Basics in Meditation

o3. The Second Level

o4. What do all these Different Meditation Techniques Mean?

o9. Key to Ānāpānasati – How to Change Habits and Character (Gati)

▪Introduction to Character or Personality (Gati)

▪A Broad View of the “Person” Trying to be a “Better Person”

▪How Character (Gati) Leads to Bhava and Jāti

▪How Habits are Formed and Broken – A Scientific View

oKaraniya Mettā Sutta – Mettā Bhāvanā

Meditation – Deeper Aspects

oAttaining Nibbāna Requires Understanding Buddha’s Worldview

oVipassanā – Buddhist Meditation

oSakkāya Diṭṭhi – “Not Seeing the Unfruitful Nature of the World”

oLoka Sutta – Origin and Cessation of the World

oMind Operates Like a Machine According to Nature’s Laws

oAbhidhamma Piṭaka – Deeper Analyses of Concepts

oSaññā Gives Rise to Most of the Vedanā We Experience

oTaṇhā – Result of Saññā Giving Rise to Mind-Made Vedanā

oĀhāra - Food for the Mental Body

oIntroduction – What is Suffering?

oCitta, Mano, Viññāṇa – Nine Stages of Mind Contamination

oIs Ānāpānasati Breath Meditation?

oBuddhist Theory of Matter – Fundamentals

Important Related Posts

oAnussati and Anupassanā – Being Mindful and Removing Defilements

oMyths about Meditation

oA Simple Way to Enhance Merits (Kusala) and Avoid Demerits (Akusala)

oAnicca – The Incessant Distress (“Pīḷana”)

oPañca Indriya and Pañca Bala – Five Faculties and Five Powers

oPossible Outcomes of Meditation – Samādhi, Jhāna, Magga Phala

oWhat is Samādhi? – Three Kinds of Mindfulness

oGetting to Samādhi via Formal Meditation Sessions

oAre you not getting expected results from meditation?