Senasana, Senāsana: 3 definitions
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Senasana means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines'dwelling place', is one of the 4 requisites of the monk's life (s. sīla 4).
To be suitable for spiritual training, it should possess 5 advantages.
As it is said (A. X, 11): "But how, o monks, does the dwelling place possess 5 advantages?
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Such a dwelling place is not too far, nor too near (to the village), is suitable for going (on almsround) and returning.
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In the daytime it is not much crowded, and at night without noise and bustle.
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One is not much molested there by gadflies, mosquitoes, wind, sun and creeping things.
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While living there, the monk without difficulty obtains robes, almsfood, dwelling, and the necessary medicines.
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There are elder monks living there, with great learning, well versed in the Message, masters of the Law (dhamma), of the Discipline (vinaya) and of the Tables of Contents (i.e. either the twofold Abhidhamma Matrix, or the Bhikkhu and Bhikkhuni Pātimokkha; s. pātimokkha). And he approaches them from time to time, questions them, asks them for explanations, etc.
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).
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarysenāsana : (nt.) lodging; sleeping place.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionarySenāsana, (nt.) (sayana+āsana) sleeping and sitting, bed & chair, dwelling, lodging Vin. I, 196, 294, 356; II, 146, 150 (°parikkhāra-dussa); III, 88 etc.; D. II, 77; A. I, 60; It. 103, 109; DA. I, 208; J. I, 217; VbhA. 365 (=seti c’eva āsati ca etthā ti senāsanaṃ). See also panta.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Senasana Sutta, Senasanacarika, Senasanagaha, Senasanagahapaka, Senasanakkhandha, Senasanapannapaka, Senasanapatibahana, Senasanapaviveka, Senasanavatta.
Ends with: Pantasenasana.
Full-text (+3): Senasanagaha, Senasanapatibahana, Senasanagahapaka, Senasanapaviveka, Civarapaviveka, Senasanavatta, Senasanapannapaka, Senasanacarika, Gamanagamana, Pancanga, Ahindati, Sayana Sutta, Lesha, Sayana, Vattaniya, Assagutta, Deyyadhamma, Rukkhamula, Nagasena, Pranta.
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Bhesajjakkhandhaka (Chapter on Medicine) (by Hin-tak Sik)
(b) The Skandhaka < [Chapter 2 - Background Information]
Vinaya Pitaka (1): Bhikkhu-vibhanga (the analysis of Monks’ rules) (by I. B. Horner)
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 2 - The two forms of Pāṭimokkha < [Chapter 16 - The arrival of Upatissa and Kolita]
Biography (25): Dabba Mahāthera < [Chapter 43 - Forty-one Arahat-Mahatheras and their Respective Etadagga titles]
Miscellaneous Notes on Different Aspect of Dāna (generosity) < [Chapter 6 - On Pāramitā]
Vinaya (3): The Cullavagga (by T. W. Rhys Davids)
Cullavagga, Khandaka 6, Chapter 11 < [Khandaka 6 - On Dwellings and Furniture]
The Life of Sariputta (by Nyanaponika Thera)
The Helper < [Part II - Maturity Of Insight]
Vinaya Pitaka (4): Parivara (by I. B. Horner)