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In five pages this paper examines the role meditation plays in the Buddhist spiritual tradition in an overview of the objectives it aims to achieve. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.
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a hermit in India (Johnson, 2002). Siddhartha was haunted by the suffering of life and sought to enlighten himself about the source of this suffering, and how it could
be overcome (Johnson, 2002). Once he attained such enlightenment, which allowed him to accept nirvana (nothingness) as spiritual peace, Siddhartha was transformed into Buddha.
The religious aspects of Buddhism are chronicled in the P?li Canon texts. The instrument for understanding life in the Buddhist tradition - how the individual
can accept and cope with ongoing change and growth - is meditation (Johnson, 2002). There are three sects in the Buddhist tradition, Theravada, which concentrates on purity of thought
and action; Mahayana (which also includes the Zen and Soka-gakkai), emphasizing rituals practices and salvation through philosophy; and Vajrayana (or Tantrism), which combines ritual magic beliefs with philosophy (Buddhism, 2008).
Each sect relies heavily upon "self-enlightenment through mastery," which requires seeking higher knowledge, great concentration, and purification of thoughts through the practice of meditation (Crangle, 1995, p. 20).
Meditation consists of two types. First there is tranquility meditation (samatha-bhavana), in which the meditator (jh?yin) is trained on maintaining concentration that leads to the meditative absorptions states known
as jhana (Novak, 1989). The second, insight meditation, contemplates the "true nature of things," and when this insight (prajna) is achieved, the goal of compassion is realized (Novak, 1989,
p. 47). However, compassion is only one of many intersecting goals accomplished through meditation. Also known as the way, meditation is a method of internalizing the external world
so that all concepts and objects are stripped down to their most rudimentary forms. The Buddhists believe true spiritual understanding can only be achieved through simplicity. 2. Body
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