명상도서관

명상도서관

Four Element Meditation 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Anālayo, Bhikkhu
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Springer Verlag
  • 출판년도2021
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Mindfulness
  • 발행사항12(1), 215-225
  • ISBN/ISSN18688527, 18688535
  • 소개/요약One of the mindfulness exercises described in the Satipaṭṭhāna-sutta and its parallels concerns the four elements of earth, water, fire, and wind, which stand representative of the qualities of solidity, cohesion, temperature, and motion. Within the ancient Indian setting, the early Buddhist analysis of matter into these four elements can be seen to eschew the two extremes of materialist annihilationism and eternalism; closer inspection also shows that the employment of these elements does not reflect the influence of Brahminical cosmology, as assumed by Alexander Wynne. The ultimate concern of mindful contemplation of the elements is their transcendence, which is to be achieved through cultivating liberating insight into their impermanent and empty nature.