| LC control no. | sh 85117007 |
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| Topical heading | Śamatha (Buddhism) |
| Variant(s) | Calming (Buddhism) Shamatha (Buddhism) |
| See also | Buddhism--Doctrines Meditation--Buddhism |
| Found in | Chodron, P. Pure meditation : the Tibetan Buddhist practice of inner peace [SR] p2000: container ("Tibetans have been practicing shamatha/vipashyana (peaceful dwelling.insight): a profound form of meditation") Boeree, C.G. The basics of Buddhist meditation WWW, Aug. 26, 2002 ("The bases for all meditation ... are shamatha and vipashyana. Shamatha is often translated as calm, abiding or peacefulness") The Buddhist path to enlightenment WWW site, Aug. 26, 2002: chapter 3 ("within concentrated meditation, there is a special method ... called shamatha in Sanskrit ... [which] has the function of pacifying our mind") |
| Not found in | Web. 3; Random House |
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