Bhavana Sutta, Bhāvāna-sutta, Bhāvanā-sutta: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Bhavana Sutta. A monk may wish to be free from the asavas and from attachment, but his wish will be fruitless unless he develops the four satipatthanas, the four sammappadhanas, the four iddhi padas, the five indriyas, the five powers, the seven bojjhangas, and the Eightfold Noble Path. Without these he resembles one who waits for eggs to hatch out when there is no hen. But if the monk develops these qualities he will wear away the asavas, etc., and be aware that they are worn away, like a carpenter who knows when the handle of his adze is worn away; all these things will weaken and rot away like a ship out of the water all the winter, exposed to wind and rain. A.iv.125f.
2. Bhavana Sutta. The four satipatthanas, if cultivated, conduce to the state in which no further and no hither shore exist. S.v.180.
3. Bhavana Sutta. The cultivation of the four satipatthanas consists in contemplation of body, feelings, mind, and mind states. S.v.182.
4. Bhavana Sutta. On psychic (iddhi ) power, its basis, its cultivation, amid the practice which leads to its cultivation. S.v.276.
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: Sutta, Bhavana.
Ends with: Indriyabhavana Sutta.
Full-text: Desana.
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