DOMAIN 09
Meditation, Jhāna & Vipassanā
Practice in sequence — from ānāpānasati through samādhi and the jhānas to satipaṭṭhāna and vipassanā — including how to tell progress from what only resembles it.
7 topics · 31 insights
Key questions
- Should one begin with samādhi or with vipassanā?
- Do unusual experiences in practice mean progress?
Every topic in this domain
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Ānāpānasati
Samādhi & the Four Jhānas
The progression of concentration from the first steadying of the mind to the fourth jhāna — including the signs that alarm practitioners, such as the breath seeming to disappear, which the texts do not treat as a fault.
Pīti, Sukha & Upekkhā
The Four Satipaṭṭhāna
Vipassanā & Seeing Arising and Passing
Vipassanā asks for a mind already reasonably steady. Rushing to watch arising and passing before that tends to produce thoughts about arising and passing rather than the seeing itself.
Abhiññā, Mystical Experience & What Is Not Liberation
The attainments and the higher knowledges are real in the texts, but they are not marks of liberation. Devadatta's case shows how completely they can be won and then lost.
Meditation & the Brain
What EEG, MRI and the Western research actually measure in practitioners — and the line between a measured effect and a claim that outruns it.
Meditation slows ageing down to the DNA — and a monk whose brain runs eight years young
สมาธิสายพลังงาน ของจริงไหม? คำตอบจากคนที่ฝึกจากอเมริกา หินผลึก จักระ ออร่า เรกิ
What did Devadatta do wrong? Eight jhānas, five higher knowledges — and it collapsed in an instant
ฌาน = ผู้วิเศษ?
ยังไม่ทันเริ่ม ก็แพ้แล้ว — วิจิกิจฉา กิเลสที่ทำให้ไม่กล้าปฏิบัติ
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