单词 | vipashyana |
释义 | vipashyanan. Buddhism. A form of meditation practised with the intention of achieving direct personal insight into the truth of Buddhist teachings; the insight achieved by this. Contrasted with samatha n. Cf. vipassana n., insight meditation n.Also as a modifier, as in vipashyana meditation, vipashyana practice, etc.In Theravada Buddhism the related term vipassana n. is typically used. ΚΠ 1863 E. Schlagintweit Buddhism in Tíbet iv. 44 The means of avoiding the error [in knowledge derived from meditation] have been more fully developed by mysticism in the exigencies of Vipasyana and Samatha. 1976 Tibet Jrnl. 1 6 They must understand the basic truths of egolessness, impermanence, and suffering, as well as practise śamatha and vipaśyanā meditation. 1983 A. Harvey Journey in Ladakh 185 The Hinayana meditation technique, known as Vipassyana, ‘Seeing without discrimination’. 2021 G. Gu Silent Illumination vi. 61 Silent illumination is awakening; shamata and vipashyana are just methods. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1863 |
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