Buddhist Meditation

Mindfulness & Meditation

The great discourse by Buddha- the Maha-Satipatthana Sutta, dedicated to the practices of mindfulness, says that both- the purpose & means to attain that object are all evidently laid down. Attentiveness to all body movements, attentiveness to the states of your mind that are ever changing, ought to be refined in order for you to see their true nature. Instead of recognizing these mental & physical phenomena with a false notion of the “self,” everyone must view them simply as they actually are: as the movements of the physical body, the collection of the 4 elements, (i.e. ‘mahabhutas’) which are subject to the physical law of causality as well as the flux of consecutive phases of awareness that arise and then elapse in answer to
the external stimuli. These are to be analyzed objectively, as if they are processes not connected with ourselves, instead belonging to some other order of phenomenon.

The True Self in Buddhist Meditation:

Where can egotism & selfishness advance if not directly from the notion of the “self” (i.e. ‘sakkayaditthi’)? So, if any meditation practice leaves egotism & selfishness unabated, then it clearly hasn’t been victorious. A tree’s judged by the fruit it bears, & similarly a man is judged by his actions; there’s no other standard. This is particularly true t comes to Buddhist psychology, since the person ‘is’ his/her actions. In the true sense, these people, or the continuity of vipaka & kamma that they stand for, are the lone claim that he/she can put together to any constant identity. Attentiveness in connection with the mind & the body serves to collapse the illusions of the self; furthermore, it cuts off all attachments
& craving to material objects, with the intention that eventually there’s neither a “self” who craves nor are there any objects of craving.

Concentration & Detachment: Buddhist Meditation

Detachment & objectivity are invaluable aids to a clear thinking; they allow a person to review a given state of affairs without bias, be that personal or else, moreover to take action in the situation with
discretion & courage. Another reward it bestows upon man is concentration – which is the gift to focus one’s mind & keep it progressively fixed at a particular point (i.e. one-pointedness or ‘ekaggata’). The mind’s the toughest to tame, for it restlessly roams in all directions as the wind, like a horse
that’s untamed, but once it’s entirely under control, the mind becomes the most influential instrument in the universe. Buddhist meditation says that a person, who has become the master of his mind, indeed becomes the master of all Three Worlds.

At the first stage, he’s without fear. Once we begin associating the body & mind (‘nama-rupa’) with ‘self’, fear arises. A person, who has rid himself of this delusion by recognizing that the 5 ‘khandha’ practice is only the expression of cause & effect, doesn’t fear misfortune or death. This man remains calm alike in victory and failures, unaffected by any praise or blames. This man only fears de-meritorious actions, for he knows that nobody & nothing in this world can possibly hurt him except for himself. As this person
detaches himself more & more, he becomes less prone to do any de-meritorious deeds.

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