Appendix

Summary of meditation (bhāvanā) objects and methods in Theravada

Pāḷi Tipiṭaka

Theravada Commentaries Vinaya Suttanta Abhidhamma

Sutta Vibhan

ga (10 division

s)

Jhānavagga

in Samādhisa

ṃyutta, (101 objects)

Mahāsakul

udāyisutta (75 objects)

Paṭisambhid

āmagga Ñāṇakathā (201 objects)

Dhamma-

saṅgaṇi (37 objects)

Vimuttimag

ga (38 objects)

Vidarsaṇā

Pota

(40 objects)

⁴jhāna ³vimokkha ³samādhi ³samāpatti 3 ñāṇadassana - maggabhāvanā (= 37 bodhipakkhiyadhammā) - phala- sacchikiriyā - kilesappāhana - vinīvaraṇatā - suññāgāre abhirati (nibbāna)

¹jhāna-bhāveti ⁴brahmavihāra ⁴satipaṭṭhāna ⁴sammappadhāna ⁴iddhipāda ⁵indriya ⁵bala ⁷bojjhanga ⁸ariya aṭṭhangika magga ⁸vimokkha ⁸abhibhāyatana ¹⁰kasiṇa ²⁰sañña ⁶anussati ⁴sati

⁴satipaṭṭhāna ⁴padhāna ⁴iddhipāda ⁵indriya ⁵bala ⁷bojjhaṅga ⁸ariya aṭṭhangika magga ⁸vimokkha ⁸ abhibhāyatana ¹⁰ kasiṇāyatana ⁴jhāna vipassanā (kāya) manomayiddhiñāṇa iddhividhañāṇa dibbasotañāṇa cetopariyañāṇa pubbenivāsānussatiñāṇa dibbacakkhuñā ṇa āsavakkhayañāṇa

⁵khandhā ⁶ajjhattikāni āyat. ⁶bāhirāni āyatanāni ⁶viññāṇa ⁶samphasso ⁶vedanā ⁶saññā ⁶cetanā ⁶taṇhā ⁶vitakka ⁶vicāra ⁶dhātu ¹⁰kasiṇa ³²kāya ¹²āyatana ¹⁸dhātu ²²indriya ³dhātu ⁹bhava ⁴rūpa-jhāna ⁴brahmavihāra ⁴arūpajjhāna ¹²paṭiccasamuppāda nidāna

⁸kasiṇa ⁸abhibhāyatana ³vimokkha ⁴brahmavihāra ¹⁰asubha ⁴arūpa jhānas (=4-7 vimokkha)

¹⁰kasiṇa ¹⁰asubha ¹⁰anussati ⁴ appamaññāyo = brahmavihāra ¹catudhātuvavatthāna ¹āhāre paṭikūlasañña ¹ākiñcaññāyatana ¹nevasaññānāsaññāyatana

ānāpānassati ¹⁰kasiṇas ¹⁰asubhas kāyagatāsati ¹⁰anussatis ⁴arūpa ⁴brahmavihāra.

Visuddhi-

magga

and Abhidhamma-

tthasaṅgaha

(40 objects)

¹⁰kasiṇa ¹⁰asubha ¹⁰anussati ⁴brahmavihāra ⁴arūpa ¹āhāre paṭikūlasañña ¹catudhātuvavatthāna