Meditation

What is Meditation?

In Buddhism, Meditation is called Kammatthana. The Meditation which taught by the Lord Buddha are Samatha Kammatthana and Vipassana Kammatthana.

What are the differences?

1. Samatha Kammatthana is to concentrate one's mind - tranquillity meditation
2. Vipassana Kammatthana is to be mindfulness- insight meditation

In Buddhism, Meditation is the way to release all kinds of suffering especially the mindfulness or insight meditation aims to train one's mind to be aware of all natural conditions.
To understand Aniccam, Dukkham and Anatta:

1. Aniccam is impermanance means the natural conditions are objects to decay.

2. Dukkham is opposite of Sukham or happiness, which means beings are under the suffering both physical suffering and mental suffering so how to be beyond the sufferings.

3. Anatta is non-self means if we spiritually consider we are able to find that things such as matter formations are consisted of four elements and five khandhas (five aggregates) only whenever those elements and aggregates are expired because of their natural conditions those things or formations are also destroyed.

So we consider these three characteristics and learn how to be with suffering happily, this means our minds must be trained. Because human beings are always suffered from basically fear, alonely, and departure etc.

To practice meditation is deeply or spiritually understand the condition of the body and concerned things those are not permanent so if we can consider as its real as it is then we must practice how to release or overcome our Kilesa or attachment which is on our mind.

The body, things or our belongs they are not ours, they don't belong to us they just come by ever the body it will never longer be. If we always consider/think about we will not collect more and more for oneself but learn how to do for others. To help others when we could overcome/enlighten is not attachment but it is kusala or wholesome as Bodhisattva.

Pabhassaro Bhikkhu