Timeline for Vipassana meditation in day to day life
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| May 18, 2022 at 7:29 | comment | added | HomagetoManjushri | @BuddhikaKitsiri- Secondly, and more importantly, the terms you have used are translated and understood slightly differently. Without knowing exactly how you are using them, I cannot be more precise with my own humble response to your query, to the best of my understanding | |
| May 18, 2022 at 7:29 | comment | added | HomagetoManjushri | @BuddhikaKitsiri- Firstly, One can, as an example, maintain focus on object of meditation for say 10 minutes, without wavering. But more skilled meditator can do the same for an hour, say. Still more skilled meditator can maintain that attention for 10 hours, say. Yet more skilled and advanced meditators can 'go in' and 'come out' of these meditative states as and how they wish. It is not only having these mental states, or just being aware/mindful of them or maintain attention fir a few minutes. It is also the quality in terms of clarity and duration of those mental states. | |
| May 18, 2022 at 7:28 | comment | added | HomagetoManjushri | @BuddhikaKitsiri- In my understanding, these aren't parts of mind. Rather, a better term would be that the mental states that you observed/experienced, were two different kinds of mental states. CItta is the sanskrit term for 'mind' (not brain, soul, etc.; mind). When it is used as cittas (in english), it refers usually to mental states. The two that you point out, are mental states. The two that you refer- javana' and 'bavanga' are very specific mental states (Buddha identifies 52 mental states which are important for reaching the end of the path; there are infinitely more mental states). | |
| May 16, 2022 at 11:54 | comment | added | Buddhika Kitsiri | Two parts of mind are experienced. One is thinking, other one is pop up without any involvement and very slow in action. Are they javana citta and bavanga citta respectively?want to know what stage the meditation practice is? | |
| May 16, 2022 at 1:54 | history | answered | HomagetoManjushri | CC BY-SA 4.0 |