Citation

Dhammajoti KL. Religions (Basel) 2021; 12(2): 1-34.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publications Institute)

DOI

10.3390/rel12020086

PMID

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Abstract

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 inter-est relating to buddha-visualization. © 2021 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Language: en

Keywords

Buddhism; Impurity; Meditation; Sarvāstivāda; Purity; Aśubhā; Buddha-visualization; śubha