The Quest for Buddhism (116)

Buddhist cosmology

Vippasana meditation

Vipassana meditation (vipassana-bhavana) is a meditation (bhavana Ref1) in which one gains insight into impermanence, suffering and non-self, which are considered truths in Buddhism, by observing nāma (mental action) and rūpa (matter).

Namarupa (Ref) is used in Buddhism to refer to the constituents of a living being: nama is typically considered to refer to the mental component of the person, while rupa refers to the physical.

Vipassana means 'to observe'. It also means 'to see separately' or 'to see things as they are'.

Vipassana emerged around the 6th century, when Mahayana Buddhism was expanding with the trade from India to South-East Asia.

仏教の探求 (116)

仏教の宇宙論

ヴィパッサナー瞑想

ヴィパッサナー瞑想 (巴:ｳﾞｨﾊﾟｯｻﾅｰ･ﾊﾞｰｳﾞｧﾅｰ)は、ナーマ (こころのはたらき) とルーパ (物質) を観察することによって、仏教において真理とされる無常・苦・無我を洞察する瞑想 (ﾊﾞｰｳﾞｧﾅｰ 参照1)である。

ナーマルパ (名色: みょうしき参照) は、仏教において、生物を構成する要素を指す言葉として用いられる。ナーマ(名)は一般に、その人の精神的要素を指し、ルーパ(色)は肉体的要素を指すと考えられている。

ヴィパッサナーは「観察する」を意味する。また「分けて観る」、「物事をあるがままに見る」という意味である。

Keshav's Krishnas

"Ananda! Once in a while we get this feeling. But its for a very little time. What humans would like to do is to extend it - make it infinite. And that infinite ecstasy is Krishna. Ananda is THE final abode. So my idea is to express him as joy personified. The celebration. He enjoys life despite the fact that he is always in trouble!" - Keshav

"WOW! This is amazing. What beautiful words, thoughts and ideas, Keshav! And fantastic editing and storytelling - this was a joy to watch. I learned a lot, and watched it twice." - Eddie Stern

Keshav is a cartoonist and painter living in Chennai, South India. A prolific and imaginative artist, devoted to Lord Krishna, daily he Tweets a new image of Krishna @keshav61. In this video interview for Nāmarūpa, Keshav talks about his evolution as an artist and provides insightful wisdom on the symbolism within Indian art. Music is by G.S. Sachdev, master of the bansuri.

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