Shamatha

Shamatha ( Sanskrit , also Śamatha , in Devanagari शमथ, 'quiet lingering'; Pali Samatha ; Tibetan ཞི་ གནས་, transcription after Wylie gzhi gnas ) is a Buddhist meditation technique . It can be translated as "calm" or "peaceful lingering". It is a meditation technique which u. a. the historical Buddha taught. Elements in its progressive development are Jhana and Vipassana .

Samatha-bhavana aims to develop concentration and thus the stability of the mind. Various concentration levels are obtained as "Initial" or "access concentration" ( upacara samadhi ) and lower shapes such as the absorption of the mind ( apana samadhi ) in the sinking stages of Jhanas (Pali) / "dhyanas" (Sanskrit) or the concentration moment to moment ( khanika samadhi ).

See also

• Eightfold Path
• samma samadhi

literature

• Nyanatiloka: The way to salvation. In the words of the Buddhist scriptures . 1954, p. 76 ff . ( palikanon.de [accessed on May 10, 2009]).

Web links

• "Collection" ( SN 22.5 ) - translation on palikanon.de and by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (English)
• Nyanatiloka: Buddhist dictionary - samatha , samādhi , bhāvanā , samatha-vipassanā , vipassanā