The Samatha and Vipasana meditation:-
Topic: Buddhist Meditation.
The theory of Buddhist meditation aims at practicing right
concentration or samma Samadhi or and right mindfulness or samma sati according
to Dhammachakkpavatana sutta said to the
eightfold path moral purity must be practiced before one goes for meditation
practice. Right concentration is not possible without moral purity which cleanses
impure deeds, words and thoughts buildings a right livelihood.
Unless one can’t observe the three doors and its activities
it is difficult for practitioners to contemplate on one’s own mind which is far
more faster than these three doors. When the mind is observed, concentrated, we
understand the nature of things such as impermanent, suffering, and non-self,
interdependent origination, and cause and effect which is called wisdom or
panna.
The main aim of Buddhist meditation is to purify the mind of
all negative tendencies such as greed, anger and delusion. When all negative
tendencies are removed, the mind will be freed from suffering.
Two kind of meditation:
Samatha( tranquility)meditation is the concentration of the
tranquil and peaceful mind. It involves the very controlled or mindful action
of holding the mind to an object, and does not allow the mind to wander. The mind remains completely
still, like a stilled candle, neither flickering nor fluttering. This is the nature
of tranquility meditation. when this happens, the mind becomes very peaceful
and powerful, because it is a concentration of pure states of mind.
To practice samatha meditation it needs a place, specific
object, time and teacher to guide practitioners. Traditional meditative poster
is lotus position with crossed legs. The important thing is to be able to sit
still, with the back straight and erect, for the full period of meditation. If
the poster is too much painful, then one can sit on stool or chair.
It is natural to arise the pain when we sit for long time but
mediator is suggested to focus on meditation object. Without attaching or
disliking the pain, we have to understand the law of cause and conditions. The
nature of pain or distraction; all such phenomena arise because of causes and
conditions, persist for a moment, and then pass away. They are natural events
and do not being to the mediator. The length of meditation depends on each
individual. It depends on how long practitioner can be concentrated.
According to book said the gate way of samath is listening to
the instruction that is suitable to bring the knowledge of truth and
contemplating on them.
Vipassana (insight) meditation is different. It does not just
involve holding the mind still. It also involves penetrative observation. This kind
of penetrative observation, without any thinking, without any
conceptualization, allows the mind to realize the nature of things as they
really are, things like the conceptualization, allows the mind to realize the
nature of things as they really are, things like the nature of our mind and
body processes, the nature of the person and the nature of the world. With the
realization of the nature of existence, the mind realizes the true nature of
things.
Consequently, the mind becomes purified. In the process, the
mind transcends everything, it transcends conceptual reality, it transcends
conditioned reality and finally it goes into absolute reality, which is the
unchanging state. After much practice, it is this that experienced by the mind.
In Vipassana meditation the calmness and concentrative
ability forget in samatha are used to inquire penetrative into the true nature
of things. Intense observation and analysis of phenomena encountered will,
according to the class is texts reveal that all are subject to suffering,
impermanence and non-self. It develops the vision of impermanence that everything
that arises passes away and is not self. That is not more head knowledge at a
deep existential understanding that is at once purifying and liberating. More
positively, we attain the Nibbana.
According to book said the entrance for the Vipasana is
mindfulness of the intake, expiration of the breath and imaging ugliness. Above
mentioned are mainly taught in the basic vehicle teachings. According to the
Ratnamegha Sutra says the Samatha is a single pointed mind. The Vipasana is an
analytical wisdom.
