Shamathavipashyana, Śamathavipaśyanā, Shamatha-vipashyana: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Śamathavipaśyanā can be transliterated into English as Samathavipasyana or Shamathavipashyana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā1) Śamathavipaśyanā (शमथविपश्यना) refers to “peaceful meditation and expanded vision”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “The great vehicle (mahāyāna) is made with four wheels (cakra), namely with the means of attraction, the spokes (ara) are well fitted as the roots of good have been transformed with intention (āśaya), [...] it is carried on by a yoke yoked with the team of insight and expedient means, it is fastened in the holes of peaceful meditation and expanded vision (śamathavipaśyanā), it is powered by the power of understanding four holy truths (catuḥsatya), it has the power of a thousand well-bred horses, [...]”.
2) Śamathavipaśyana (शमथविपश्यन) refers to “mental quiescence and transcendental analysis”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā.—Accordingly, “Then, the Lord went on to speak these verses: ‘[...] (46) The morality pacifies [minds], pacifies afflictions (kleśa), brings to the completion of the mental quiescence and transcendental analysis (śamatha-vipaśyana), 431 and guides to the ultimate [liberation]. [...]’”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Samatha, Vipashyana.
Starts with: Shamathavipashyanaviharin.
Full-text: Shamathavipashyanaviharin, Samatha Vipassana, Catuhsatya, Samatha, Vipashyana, Dhatu.
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The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 2b.9 - Summarizing the meaning of the eight means of resting < [B. The gradation of powers of those who meditate into high, middle, and low]
Part 2b.2 - The two individual explanations of shamatha and vipashyana < [B. The teaching of the three factors of immovable samadhis]
Part 3c.1 - Vipashyana: The way of training < [B. The gradation of powers of those who meditate into high, middle, and low]
Buddha-nature (as Depicted in the Lankavatara-sutra) (by Nguyen Dac Sy)
3. The Buddha-Nature Thought in the Tiantai School < [Chapter 6 - Further Development of the Thought of Buddha-nature in China]
2.1. The Thought of Buddha-nature in Chan < [Chapter 6 - Further Development of the Thought of Buddha-nature in China]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 1 - Resemblance of a city with the body (kāya) < [Chapter XI - The Ten Comparisons]
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra (by Charles Luk)
Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra
Chapter XXV - On Pure Actions (e) < [Section Five]
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A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)