Kammaṭṭhāna
Sign in to saveIn Buddhism, '''' (, ) literally means place of work''. Its original meaning was someone's occupation (farming, trading, cattle-tending, etc.) but this meaning has developed into several distinct but related usages all having to do with Buddhist meditation.
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16 sectionsContents
- Etymology and meanings
- Buddhaghosa's forty meditation subjects
- Kasiṇas as kammaṭṭhāna
- ''Paṭikkūla-manasikāra''
- ''Anussati''
- ''Brahma-vihārā''
- ''Āyatana''
- Others
- Meditation subjects and the four ''jhāna''s
- Meditation subjects and temperaments
- Supernormal abilities
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
In Buddhism, '''' (, ) literally means place of work''. Its original meaning was someone's occupation (farming, trading, cattle-tending, etc.) but this meaning has developed into several distinct but related usages all having to do with Buddhist meditation.
== Etymology and meanings ==
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