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How does meditation play a beneficial and essential role in Buddhism?
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∙ 12y ago
The point of Buddhist practices is to become a buddha, in other words, to realize one's inherent "buddha-nature." We (supposedly) misuse our minds, which is why our lives are infected with the three poisons of greed, hostility, and delusion. These poisons cause us to lead lives filled with suffering (dissatisfaction, trouble, sorrow).
Meditation changes the way we use our minds. Done properly, it replaces those poisons with clarity, insight, and present-moment awareness, and these lead to abiding peace and ease. Someone who lives this way lives a skillful life of nirvana.
So meditation is beneficial because it enables those who practice it properly to reduce the suffering in their lives. Meditation is essential because the Buddha emphasized that it is critical that each person train his or her own mind--as opposed, say, to merely adopting some set of beliefs--in order to enjoy direct experience of nirvana. He said that it is impossible to experience nirvana without meditation.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoPerhaps different Buddhist tradition would have have differing views. From my own perspective meditation creates the conditions and training to rest in the true experience of mind released from the limitations of attachment and aversion.
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∙ 14y agoMeditation helps Buddhists to become better people and it makes them realise the answer to questions.
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