Dhyana in the Buddhist Literature
by Truong Thi Thuy La | 2011 | 66,163 words
This page relates ‘Acknowledgements’ of the study on Dhyana (‘meditation’ or ‘concentration’), according to Buddhism. Dhyana or Jhana represents a state of deep meditative absorption which is achieved by focusing the mind on a single object. Meditation practices constitute the very core of the Buddhist approach to life, having as its ultimate aim Enlightenment (the state of Nirvana).
Acknowledgements
I wish to express my deep gratitude to my guide, Dr. Jayanti Tripathy for her sincere help and guidance. She has gone through this work more than once and offered valuable suggestions.
I also wish to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Shailaja Katre, the Head of the Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages, Pune University. I also wish to thank all the Faculties of the Department.
While collecting and using the sources for this thesis, I have been benefited directly and indirectly from many research works and I am indebted to their authors.
I would like to thank the librarians of Library of Pune University, CASS, BORI, and Deccan College for allowing me to use their collections.
And finally, I am thankful to my Buddhist Masters, Brothers, Sisters, Laymen and Laywomen, office workers and friends of the Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Language as well as other units of the University of Pune who have enthusiastically supported me during the time of my study in India.
July 2011
Truong Thi Thuy Lan