Vimuttimagga

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The Vimuttimagga ("Path of Freedom") is a

Abhayagiri monastery by Dhammapāla, but this has been disputed in recent scholarship.[2][3]

Contents

The Vimuttimagga recommends various meditation practices such as

Kasina meditation and Buddha-anussati - recollection of the virtues of the Buddha. Its chapters are (based on the translation by Ehara, Soma
& Kheminda):

  1. Introductory Discourse (referencing the three trainings and ultimate freedom)[4]
  2. On Distinguishing
    Virtue
  3. On Austerities
  4. On Distinguishing
    Concentration
  5. On Approaching a Good Friend
  6. The Distinguishing of Behavior
  7. The Distinguishing of the Subjects of Meditation
  8. Entrance into the Subject of Meditation
  9. The Five Forms of Higher Knowledge
  10. On Distinguishing
    Wisdom
  11. The Five Methods (
    truth
    )
  12. On Discerning Truth

Relationship to the Visuddhimagga

The Vimuttimagga bears a striking similarity to the

samādhi) which the Vimuttimagga states can be wholesome or unwholesome (micchā samādhi/邪定) while the Visuddhimagga disagrees that it can be unwholesome.[7] Another major difference is in the scheme of the progress of insight, which the Vimuttimagga arranges based on the Four Noble Truths and the Visuddhimagga arranges based on the seven purifications which stem from the Rathavinīta-sutta.[8]

Minor differences can also be seen in the particular schemes of practice. Upatissa gives four categories of

kammatthana) while the Vimuttimagga identifies thirty-eight.[9]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Bapat 1937, p. lv.
  2. ^ Analayo 2009, pp. 5–6.
  3. ^ Crosby 1999, pp. 503–550.
  4. AN
    4.1). Vajira & Story (1998) translate this verse as: "Virtue, concentration, wisdom, and emancipation unsurpassed — These are the principles realized by Gotama the renowned....'"
  5. ^ a b Bapat 1937, p. lvii.
  6. ^ Analayo 2009, p. 4.
  7. ^ Analayo 2009, pp. 11–12.
  8. ^ Analayo 2009, pp. 9.
  9. ^ Bapat 1937, p. xxx.

References

  • ISSN 2070-0512
  • Bapat, P.V. (1937), Vimuttimagga and Visuddhimagga - A Comparative Study
  • Crosby, Kate (1999), "History versus Modern Myth: The Abhayagirivihāra, the Vimuttimagga and Yogāvacara Meditation", Journal of Indian Philosophy, 27 – via https://www.scribd.com/document/94761137/The-Abhayagirivihara-The-Vimuttimagga-and-Yogavacara-Meditation-Kate-Crosby {{citation}}: External link in |via= (help)
  • Vajira, Sister; Story, Francis (1998), Maha-parinibbana Sutta: Last Days of the Buddha (DN 16), Access to Insight, retrieved 12 October 2014

External links

Chinese translation

English translations

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