Meditative equipoise: 1 definition
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Meditative equipoise means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical SystemsMeditative equipoise (in Tibetan: mnyam gzhag; Sanskrit: 蝉补尘腻辫补迟迟颈) 鈥� A highly concentrated state of mind in which one is focused effortlessly on a particular object of meditation. Like concentration, meditative equipoise presupposes tranquil abiding and has a range of possible objects that are its focal point, including emptiness itself
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
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Full-text (+4): mnyam gzhag, Samapatti, Placement meditation, 'jog sgom, ting nge 'dzin, Ten Powers, Samten, Samadhi, Dhyana, Dhanasamskrita, nor gyi legs sbyar, Rombuguhya, Guhyacandra, Shantigarbha, Concentration, Rambuguhya, lha'i zla ba, zhi ba'i snying po, Mental absorption, Manjushrimitra.
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Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Text 5.14 (Commentary) < [Chapter 5 (text and commentary)]
Text 8.19 (Commentary) < [Chapter 8 (text and commentary)]
Text 15.17 (Commentary) < [Chapter 15 (Text and Commentary)]
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
C. How these arise from space and dissolve into space, the final summary < [Chapter XIII - The Fruition, the Great Self-existence]
Part 2e - What follows from the freedoms and favors being so difficult to attain < [A. The general explanation of being free and well favored, so difficult to obtain]
Part 2b.2 - The two individual explanations of shamatha and vipashyana < [B. The teaching of the three factors of immovable samadhis]
Hevajra Tantra (analytical study) (by Seung Ho Nam)
4. The Cittamatra View of Emptiness < [Chapter 1 - Tantric Buddhism]
3.3. The State of Union of a Non-Trainee < [Chapter 3 - Tantric Doctrine in Hevajra Tantra]
2. Hevajra Tantra, as a Buddhist Tantric Literature < [Chapter 2 - Place of Hevajra Tantra in Tantric Literature]