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SHAMATKHA MEDITATION PRACTICE IN MAHĀYĀNA TRADITION OF THE GRADUAL PATH

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The article characterizes shamatkha meditation as a special technique to develop one-pointed concentration common for the Indian spiritual traditions and used in Buddhism as an instrument to achieve Dharma. The paper considers the essence and specificity of this type of meditation in comparison with other meditative states and practices; the author reveals Je Tsongkhapa’s contribution to the development of the shamatkha theory and justification of its practical aspect within the “gradual path” system (Lamrim) and in combination with vipassana meditation. The paper emphasizes difference between Mahāyāna practices of “sudden” and “gradual path” while using one-pointed concentration techniques. The research material includes Samdkhinirmochana sutra, Maitreya’s shastra Madhyāntavibhāga, Kamalaśīla’s “Bhāvanākrama”, Tsongkhapa’s “Lamrim” and Gyalwa Ensapa’s teaching represented in Russia by Geshe Dzhampa Tinlei.

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Author information

Irina Safronovna Urbanaeva

Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Publication history

  • Received: July 21, 2019.
  • Published: October 21, 2019.

Keywords

  • классическая йога
  • дхьяна
  • самадхи
  • махаяна
  • однонаправленная концентрация
  • безмятежность
  • випашьяна
  • Камалашила
  • Ламрим
  • Цонкапа
  • Геше Тинлей
  • classical yoga
  • dhyāna
  • Samādhi
  • Mahāyāna
  • one-pointed concentration
  • praśrabdhi
  • vipassana
  • Kamalaśīla
  • Lamrim
  • Tsongkhapa
  • Geshe Tinlei

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