How to Attain Enlightenment? The Pramāṇa and the Chan Schools on the Practice of Meditation
Throughout the history of Buddhism, the main goal of Buddhists has been to attain enlightenment. This paper investigates how the Pramāṇa and the Chan schools define enlightenment and their ways of attaining it. The Pramāṇa school deals with enlightenment and problems relevant to it in terms of <i...
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| description | Throughout the history of Buddhism, the main goal of Buddhists has been to attain enlightenment. This paper investigates how the Pramāṇa and the Chan schools define enlightenment and their ways of attaining it. The Pramāṇa school deals with enlightenment and problems relevant to it in terms of <i>yogipratyakṣa</i>, or the intuition of an omniscient being (<i>sarvajña</i>). On the other hand, the Chan school developed <i>gongan</i> meditation, which leads to enlightenment by contemplating a <i>huatou</i>, the key phrase of a <i>gongan</i>. This paper focuses on examining and comparing the following issues in these two schools: (1) the motivations for seeking enlightenment, (2) the role of meditation in each, and (3) the process of attaining enlightenment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6535210d55c5465ca41093d103395b0d2024-02-23T15:32:37ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442024-01-0115215910.3390/rel15020159How to Attain Enlightenment? The Pramāṇa and the Chan Schools on the Practice of MeditationJeson Woo0Department of Buddhist Studies, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of KoreaThroughout the history of Buddhism, the main goal of Buddhists has been to attain enlightenment. This paper investigates how the Pramāṇa and the Chan schools define enlightenment and their ways of attaining it. The Pramāṇa school deals with enlightenment and problems relevant to it in terms of <i>yogipratyakṣa</i>, or the intuition of an omniscient being (<i>sarvajña</i>). On the other hand, the Chan school developed <i>gongan</i> meditation, which leads to enlightenment by contemplating a <i>huatou</i>, the key phrase of a <i>gongan</i>. This paper focuses on examining and comparing the following issues in these two schools: (1) the motivations for seeking enlightenment, (2) the role of meditation in each, and (3) the process of attaining enlightenment.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/2/159meditationenlightenment<i>yogipratyakṣa</i><i>gongan</i><i>huatou</i> |
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| title | How to Attain Enlightenment? The Pramāṇa and the Chan Schools on the Practice of Meditation |
| title_full | How to Attain Enlightenment? The Pramāṇa and the Chan Schools on the Practice of Meditation |
| title_fullStr | How to Attain Enlightenment? The Pramāṇa and the Chan Schools on the Practice of Meditation |
| title_full_unstemmed | How to Attain Enlightenment? The Pramāṇa and the Chan Schools on the Practice of Meditation |
| title_short | How to Attain Enlightenment? The Pramāṇa and the Chan Schools on the Practice of Meditation |
| title_sort | how to attain enlightenment the pramana and the chan schools on the practice of meditation |
| topic | meditation enlightenment <i>yogipratyakṣa</i> <i>gongan</i> <i>huatou</i> |
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