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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Journey to Nibbana: Patthana Dhama

When the practitioner becomes more mature, his mind becomes much much more concentrated. This is called upacara bhavana. Upacara bhavana is bhavana kamma or state of mind when there is no hindrances like

1. kamacchanda nivarana or sensual thoughts
2. byapada nivarana or aversive thoughts
3. uddacca kukkucca nivarana or spreading repenting thoughts
4. thina middha nivarana or sloth torpor tagged thoughts
5. vicikiccha nivarana or suspicious thoughts.

Upacara bhavana is so pure that it can function well to penetrate dhamma. But it is not quite jhana. Just before jhana there arise gotrabhu citta, the citta which divides between kama cittas and jhana cittas.

The concentration that arises while in upacara bhavana is called upacara samadhi. It is pure and if there are other 7 right paths of Noble Eightfold Path, that upacara samadhi is called samma samadhi.

Upacara means proximity, crownprince. It is sometimes called proximate concentration.

context information

Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Upacara, Bhavana.

Full-text: Kamacchanda Nivarana, Vicikiccha Nivarana, Uddacca Kukkucca Nivarana, Thina Middha Nivarana, Upacara Samadhi.

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Patthana Dhamma (by Htoo Naing)

Chapter 1 - Citta (or consciousness)

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