Buddhist meditation is about removing greed, anger, and ignorance (of the world’s true nature) from the mind.
This section is pre-2016; revised on May 25, 2024 (start of the “Meditation – Deeper Aspects” section)
Meditation – Basic Aspects
- It would be a good idea to read the posts in the following subsection at some point to get an idea of the reasoning behind this approach: “Essential Buddhism.”
1. Introduction to Buddhist Meditation
2. The Basics in Meditation
3. The Second Level
4. What do all these Different Meditation Techniques Mean?
5. Ariya Metta Bhavana (Loving Kindness Meditation)
6. Ānāpānasati Bhavana (Introduction)
7. What is Änapäna?
Is Ānāpānasati Breath Meditation?
8. The Basic Formal Ānāpānasati Meditation
Possible Effects in Meditation – Kundalini Awakening
9. Key to Ānāpānasati – How to Change Habits and Character (Gati)
Karaniya Metta Sutta – Metta Bhavana
10. Attaining the Sotāpanna Stage via Removing Ditthasava
11. Magga Phala and Ariya Jhanas via Cultivation of Saptha Bojjhaṅga
12. Key Factors to be Considered when “Meditating” for the Sotāpanna Stage
13. Kammattana (Recitations) for the Sotāpanna Stage
- Vipassanā – Buddhist Meditation
- Loka Sutta – Origin and Cessation of the World
- Mind Operates Like a Machine According to Nature’s Laws
- Abhidhamma Piṭaka – Deeper Analyses of Concepts
- Saññā Gives Rise to Most of the Vedanā We Experience
Important Related Posts
Anussati and Anupassanā – Being Mindful and Removing Defilements
Myths about Meditation
A Simple Way to Enhance Merits (Kusala) and Avoid Demerits (Akusala)
The Incessant Distress (“Pīḷana”) – Key to Dukkha Sacca
Panca Indriya and Panca Bala – Five Faculties and Five Powers
Possible Outcomes of Meditation – Samadhi, Jhana, Magga Phala
What is Samadhi? – Three Kinds of Mindfulness
Getting to Samadhi via Formal Mediation Sessions
Are you not getting expected results from meditation?
