HeyJaredBuddhism Meditation: Bringing Up And Clearing Up
PREFACE We are living in a busy and turbulent world, where stress and anxiety easily invade the mind. Meditation, a concept that is no longer strange, has been mentioned in many schools of thought and religions around the world.
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QUESTION 95: WHEN MEDITATION YIELDS SOME RESULTS, IT IS EASY TO FALL INTO CONCEIT AND THEN REGRESS...? (opens the original)
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QUESTION 95: WHEN MEDITATION YIELDS SOME RESULTS, IT IS EASY TO FALL INTO CONCEIT AND THEN REGRESS. WHAT SHOULD WE DO?ANSWER: As meditation progresses, consciousness transforms, and we feel like a new person—purer, more intelligent, with countless wondrous experiences unfolding in the mind. However, these very experiences become a "bait" for conceit to arise. Even before others recognize and praise us, conceit has already surged within. Or, when the mind is calm and we remain "carefree," simply
QUESTION 94: HOW SHOULD WE PERCEIVE THE SPECIAL ABILITIES THAT ARISE IN MEDITATION? (opens the original)
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QUESTION 94: HOW SHOULD WE PERCEIVE THE SPECIAL ABILITIES THAT ARISE IN MEDITATION?ANSWER: When meditation practice yields results, and the mind becomes35 Three Super Wisdom (tevijja): refers to three types of higher knowledge1. the ability to remember one's former lives (pũrvanivãsãnusmrti)2. knowledge of the future rebirth destinies (cyutyupapattifîâna)3. knowledge of "extinction of contaminants" (ãsravaksaya)36 Six Magical Powers (abhiñña): refers to "a set of supernormal powers that are by-p
QUESTION 93: HOW DID THE BUDDHA DEFINE THE TRANSCENDENT STATE OF THE FOURTH JHÂNA? (opens the original)
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QUESTION 93: HOW DID THE BUDDHA DEFINE THE TRANSCENDENT STATE OF THE FOURTH JHÂNA?ANSWER: The Fourth Jhana is the final meditative level leading to enlightenment and liberation. The Buddha described it as the state of "Neither suffering nor pleasure, relinquishing thought, and pure serenity.""Neither suffering nor pleasure" means that one has ended all joy, and at the same time, all feelings of suffering have completely disappeared."Relinquishing thought" in the Third Jhana means transcending co
QUESTION 92: WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE THIRD JHÂNA? (opens the original)
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QUESTION 92: WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE THIRD JHÂNA?ANSWER: The Third Jhana is a state of focus of the mind deeply, reaching into the subconscious. The Buddha described this state as follows: “A bhikkhu, having abandoned joy, abides in equanimity, mindful and fully aware, experiencing bliss with equanimity, which the Saints describe as ‘dwelling in blissful equanimity.' Thus, he attains and abides in the Third Jhana.”One who attains the First and Second Jhana still experiences joy (pĩti) and, ther
QUESTION 91: WHAT IS THE STATE OF SECOND JHÂNA? (opens the original)
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QUESTION 91: WHAT IS THE STATE OF SECOND JHÂNA?ANSWER: When the practitioner overcomes deep thoughts and subtle thoughts, they attain the Second Jhana: “A bhikkhu, with the subsiding of deep thoughts and subtle thoughts, enters and dwells in the Second Jhana , a state of bliss born of concentration, without applied or sustained thought, with inner stillness and unified awareness”.The Second Jhana is a state where the mind becomes immovable, serene, and luminous, experiencing rapture and bliss du
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