Meditation

Question 1

What are the types of meditation

-s…
-v…
-v…

Answer 1

-samatha
-vipassana
-visualisation

Question 2

Why do Buddhists meditate

Answer 2

To feel calm and peaceful so they can focus on realising the truth about life

Question 3

Samatha meditation

-means … meditation
-aim is to find …
-practise it by … in a comfortable position
-they try to … their mind on … thing
-by focusing on only one thing the … becomes … and free from …, feeling and …
-if u focus on … that’s called the … of breath

Answer 3

-means calm meditation
-aim is to find peacefulness
-practise it by sitting in a comfortable position
-they try to focus their mind on one thing
-by focusing on only one thing the mind becomes clear and free from thoughts, feeling and worries
-if u focus on breathing that’s called the mindfulness of breath

Question 4

Vipassana meditation

-means seeing the …
-once a Buddhists is … with … they can move onto …
-aim is to come to r… the the 3 … of … and to remove the 3 …
-you … on … thing like the body, world etc
-Buddhists believe that through … the … they will come to … the … about our …
-involves … or walking

Answer 4

-means seeing the truth
-once a Buddhists is comfortable with samatha they can move onto vipassana
-aim is to come to realise the the 3 marks of existence and to remove the 3 poisons
-you focus on one thing like the body, world etc
-Buddhists believe that through observing the mind they will come to understand the truth about our existence
-involves sitting or walking

Question 5

Zazen

-… Buddhists take part in this
-zazen is a version of ..
-… on being in the … moment
-involves …
-… is to … that the is no … self
-take part in it for … at a time

Answer 5

-zen Buddhists take part in this
-zazen is a version of vipassana
-focuses on being in the present moment
-involves sitting
-aim is to appreciate that the is no fixed self
-take part in it for hours at a time

Question 6

Visualisation meditation

-involves holding an … in the …
-they use this … as a point of … during …
-… Buddhist may visualise a … or …
-… Buddhists visualise those who have reached …
-some visualise an … version of …

Answer 6

-involves holding an image in the mind
-they use this image as a point of focus during meditation
-Mahayana Buddhist may visualise a Buddha or bodhisattva
-Tibetan Buddhists visualise those who have reached nibbana
-some visualise an enlightened version of themselves

Question 7

What are people who have reached nibbana called

Answer 7

Deities