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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 – Deeper Aspects
oVipassanā – Buddhist Meditation
oSakkāya Diṭṭhi – “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
Meditation – Basic Aspects
▪It would be a good idea to read the posts in the following subsection at some point, in order to get an idea about the reasoning behind this approach: “Essential Buddhism.”
o1. Introduction to Buddhist Meditation
o3. The Second Level
o4. What do all these Different Meditation Techniques Mean?
o5. Ariya Mettā Bhāvanā (Loving Kindness Meditation)
o6. Ānāpānasati Bhāvanā (Introduction)
oIs Ānāpānasati Breath Meditation?
o8. The Basic Formal Ānāpānasati Meditation
oPossible Effects in Meditation – Kundalini Awakening
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
o10. Attaining the Sotāpanna Stage via Removing Diṭṭhāsava
o11. Magga Phala and Ariya Jhānā via Cultivation of Saptha Bojjhaṅga
o12. Key Factors to be Considered when “Meditating” for the Sotāpanna Stage
o13. Kammaṭṭhāna (Recitations) for the Sotāpanna Stage
Important Related Posts
oAnussati and Anupassanā – Being Mindful and Removing Defilements
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?
oHow to Attain Samādhi via “Vipassanā Pubbaṅga Samatha” Bhāvanā