Anussati
Sign in to save'''''' (Pāli; ; ; ) means "recollection," "contemplation," "remembrance," "meditation", and "mindfulness". It refers to specific Buddhist meditational or devotional practices, such as recollecting the sublime qualities of the Buddha, which lead to mental tranquillity and abiding joy. In various contexts, the Pali literature and Sanskrit Mahayana sutras emphasise and identify different enumerations of recollections.
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Grouping
- Three recollections
- Five recollections
- Six recollections
- Ten recollections
- Recollections
- Recollection of the Buddha (''Buddhanussati'')
- Recollection of the Dhamma (''Dhammanussati'')
- Recollection of the Sangha (''Sanghanussati'')
- Recollection of virtues (''Silanussati'')
- Recollection of generosity (''Caganussati'')
- Recollection of devas (''Devatanussati'')
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
'''' (Pāli; ; ; ) means "recollection," "contemplation," "remembrance," "meditation", and "mindfulness". It refers to specific Buddhist meditational or devotional practices, such as recollecting the sublime qualities of the Buddha, which lead to mental tranquillity and abiding joy. In various contexts, the Pali literature and Sanskrit Mahayana sutras emphasise and identify different enumerations of recollections.
may also refer to meditative attainments, such as the ability to recollect past lives (), also called causal memory.
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