Jignasa Journal Of History Of Ideas And Culture Part 01

Author(s): Vibha Upadhyaya and Others
Publisher: University of Rajasthan

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Buddhist Meditation in the Atthukavagga and the Parayanvagga 45
through the development of equanimity. "As mud and water leave the lotus unsullied, the world and its pleasures do not soil the sages" (v. 845, kame ca loke ca anupalitto) The Arthakavagga and the Pārāyaṇavagga of the Suttanipata represent a very early stage of philosophical development and their implications are significant to understand the origination of the Buddhist theory and practice of meditation.
Note: All the verses of the Anthakavagga and the Pärāyaṇavagga can be referred to the text and translation by Chalmers, Buddha's Teachings being the Suttanipäta or Discourse Collection, Harvard Oriental Series, 1932 References
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23 Gomez (1976), Nakumara ((1979), Vetter(1990).
24 The four jhana are states of infinite space, infinite consciousness, nothingness, thoughtless thought
25 Op. cit., p. 272.
26 Anguntara Nikaya Anthakatha, ed. M. Wallesar, Pali Text Society, IV, p. 35.
27 Barnes, Michael Antony, The Buddhist Way of Deliverance: A Comparison between the Pali Canon and the Yoga Praxis of the Great Epic, unpublished M. Litt. Thesis, Oxford, 1976 cited by Wyne(2007), p. 82-83.
28 Wyne(2007).p. 101