Lesson 1: Samatha and Vipassanā in the Pāli Nikāyas
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Bhikkhu Bodhi introduces calm abiding (samatha) and insight (vipassanā) and outlines what the Nikāyas say about these two main varieties of Buddhist meditation practice.
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Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi guides us through meditation as it is discussed in the Pāli Nikāyas.
In this reading, used in the lesson’s lecture, we learn about how meditation is understood in such classic Pāli texts as the Aṅguttara Nikāya and Saṃyutta Nikāya.
