RT Article
T1 Meditative Experiences of Impurity and Purity—Further Reflection on the aśubhā Meditation and the śubha-vimokṣa
JF Religions
VO 12
IS 2
A1 Kuala Lumpur Dhammajoti Bhikkhu 1949-
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1750246929
AB In this paper, I would firstly like to supplement my observations and the materials used in the earlier paper “The aśubhā Meditation in the Sarvāstivāda”. I shall remark on the authenticity of the suicide tradition, and show further how the aśubhā meditation continued to be recommended in all the Buddhist traditions. A major concern of my discussion will focus on the Buddhist traditional understanding of the meditative transition from the experience of the impure to that of the pure. In the context of this developmental process, I shall further attempt to demonstrate that: along this traditional understanding, Mahāyānistic and even Tantric elements came to be interfused with the traditional—especially Abhidharma—meditative doctrines in the milieu of an increasing interest relating to buddha-visualization.
K1 Buddhism
K1 Sarvāstivāda
K1 śubha
K1 aśubhā
K1 buddha-visualization
K1 Impurity
K1 Meditation
K1 Purity
DO 10.3390/rel12020086