Problem dzhany w pierwotnym buddyzmie. Wprowadzenie

• Authors: Grzegorz Polak

Title variants

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THE PROBLEM OF JHĀNAS IN BUDDISM. AN INTRODUCITON

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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According to the traditional, orthodox view on Buddhist meditation, the four jhanas are supposed to be a yogic type of meditation, and their development is not necessary to achieve liberation. In this article the author confronts this view with the general image of jhana meditation contained in the Suttapitaka. As it turns out, these two views are totally irreconcilable, and we are dealing with ‘the jhana controversy’. As the author argues, this controversy is too fundamental to be ignored, and must be explained by the reconstruction of the process that resulted in reinterpretation of jhana practice.

Keywords

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JHANA; BUDDISM; SUTTAPITAKA

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: Politeja : Pismo Wydziału Studiów Miedzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
• Year: 2011
• Issue: 4(18)
• Pages: 75-88

Contributors

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Grzegorz Polak

• Instytut Filozofii UMCS, Collegium Humanicum, Pl. Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej 4, 20-031 Lublin