page_title: Outline of Buddhism
section_title: Tranquillity/Serenity/Calm (Samatha • Śamatha)
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Buddhism / Buddhist practices / Buddhist meditation / Theravada meditation practices / Tranquillity/Serenity/Calm (Samatha • Śamatha)
caption_attribution_description: ไทย: พระสมุห์สมชาย จีรปุญฺโญ รองเจ้าอาวาสวัดคุ้งตะเภา นั่งภาวนาหน้าน้ำตกภูสอยดาว ถ่ายที่: อุทยานแห่งชาติภูสอยดาว จังหวัดอุตรดิตถ์ English: Phra Ajan Jerapunyo-Abbot of Watkungtaphao Buddhist monk in Phu Soidao Nationalpark, Phu Soidao Nationalpark Waterfall, Thailand, Uttaradit ProvinceLocation: Phu Soidao Nationalpark Thailand.
context_page_description: Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha, "the awakened one".
  The following outline is provided as an overview of, and topical guide to, Buddhism.
context_section_description: Samatha
  Place of work (kammaṭṭhāna)
  Ten Kasinas
  Earth kasina (pathavikasinam)
  Water kasina (apokasinam)
  Fire kasina (tejokasinam)
  Wind kasina (vayokasinam)
  Brownish or deep purplish blue kasina (nilakasinam)
  Yellow kasina (pitakasinam)
  Red kasina (lohitakasinam)
  White kasina (odatakasinam)
  Light kasina (alokakasinam)
  Open air-space, sky kasina (akasakasinam)
  Ten reflections on repulsiveness (asubas)
  A swollen or bloated corpse (uddhumatakam)
  A corpse brownish black or purplish blue with decay (vinilakam)
  A festering or suppurated corpse (vipubbakam)
  A corpse splattered half or fissured from decay (vicchiddakam)
  A corpse gnawed by animals such as wild dogs and foxes (vikkhayittakam)
  A corpse scattered in parts, hands, legs, head and body being dispersed (vikkhitakam)
  A corpse cut and thrown away in parts after killing (hatavikkhittakam)
  A bleeding corpse, i.e. with red blood oozing out (lohitakam)
  A corpse infested with and eaten by worms (puluvakam)
  Remains of a corpse in a heap of bones, i.e. skeleton (atthikam)
  Ten Recollections (anussati • anusmriti)
  Buddhānussati (Buddhanusmrti) — Recollection of the Buddha — fixing the mind with attentiveness and reflecting repeatedly on the glorious virtues and attributes of Buddha
  Dhammānussati (Dharmanusmrti) — Recollection of the Dhamma — reflecting with serious attentiveness repeatedly on the virtues and qualities of Buddha's teachings and his doctrine
  Saṅghānussati (Sanghanusmrti) — Recollection of the Saṅgha — fixing the mind strongly and repeatedly upon the rare attributes and sanctity of the Sangha
  Sīlānussati — Recollection of virtue — reflecting seriously and repeatedly on the purification of one's own morality or sīla
  Cāgānussati — Recollection of generosity — reflecting repeatedly on the mind's purity in the noble act of one's own dāna, charitableness and liberality
  Devatānussati — Recollection of deities — reflecting with serious and repeated attention on one's own complete possession of the qualities of absolute faith (saddhā), morality (sīla), learning (suta), liberality (cāga) and wisdom (paññā) just as the devas have, to enable one to be reborn in the world of devas
  Maraṇānussati — Mindfulness of death — reflecting repeatedly on the inevitability of death
  Kāyagatāsati — Mindfulness of the body — reflecting earnestly and repeatedly on the impurity of the body which is composed of the detestable 32 constituents such as hair, body hair, nails, teeth, skin, etc.
  Ānāpānasati — Mindfulness of breathing — repeated reflection on the inhaled and exhaled breath
  Upasamānussati — Recollection of peace — reflecting repeatedly with serious attentiveness on the supreme spiritual blissful state of Nirvana
  Four Divine Abidings (brahmavihāra)
  Loving-kindness (mettā • maitrī)
  Compassion (karuṇā)
  Sympathetic joy (muditā)
  Equanimity (upekkhā • upekṣā)
  Four formless jhānas (arūpajhāna)
  Base of the infinity of space (ākāsānañcāyatana)
  Base of the infinity of consciousness (viññāṇañcāyatana)
  Base of nothingness (ākiñcaññāyatana)
  Base of neither-perception-nor-nonperception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatana)
  Perception of disgust of food (aharepatikulasanna)
  Four Great Elements (mahābhūta)
  Earth element (paṭhavī-dhātu)
  Water (or liquid) element (āpo-dhātu)
  Fire element (tejo-dhātu)
  Air (or wind) element (vāyo-dhātu)
caption: A Buddhist monk meditating
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