Calm Abiding; 奢摩他,寂止禪; Tibetan: ཞི་གནས (shiney); Wylie: zhi gnas; Sanskrit: śamatha;
Shamatha, Samata, Samatha is a tranquility meditation practice of calming the mind in order to free from the disturbance of thought by following the breath and observing the workings of the mind. Usually one sits in the cross-legged posture.
奢摩他,寂止禪,是一種基本靜坐禪修,了解脫思想的干擾,觀察心的運行並同時數息,通常以盤腿姿勢打坐。
Synonyms/Additional Terms 同義詞:
奢摩他, 寂止禪, Shamatha, Samatha, Samata, Calm Abiding