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Dhammakāya meditation is an approach to Buddhist meditation (especially samatha and vipassana) taught by Phramongkolthepmuni in the early 20th century. The identifying feature of Dhammakaya meditation is the meditator's attention towards the centre of the body as two finger breadths above the navel. The promoters of this approach say this is the same point as the end-point of the deepest breath in mindfulness of breathing meditation (Anapanasati), although the early Buddhist texts do not mention any such physical location. It is called an approach rather than a method because any of the forty methods of samatha meditation mentioned in the Visuddhimagga can be adapted to it. == Origins == Dhammakaya meditation was re-discovered by Phramongkolthepmuni on the full-moon night of September 1914 at Wat Bangkuvieng, Nonthaburi.〔Dhammakaya Foundation (1998) ''The Life & Times of Luang Phaw Wat Paknam'' (Dhammakaya Foundation, Bangkok) p.42-48〕 This monk had practised several other forms of meditation popular in Thailand at the time with teachers such as Phrasangavaranuwongse (Phra Acharn Eam) of Wat Rajasiddharam, Bangkok; Phra Kru Nyanavirat (Phra Acharn Po) of Wat Pho, Bangkok; Phra Acharn Singh of Wat Lakorn Thamm, Thonburi; Phramonkolthipmuni (Phra Acharn Muy) of Wat Chakrawat, Bangkok and Phra Acharn Pleum of Wat Kao Yai, Amphoe Tha Maka, Kanchanaburi.〔''ibid.''p.36〕 He claimed that the Dhammakaya approach he discovered had nothing to do with the teachings he had received from these other masters - but he did have previous knowledge of the ''Sammā-Arahaṃ'' mantra before discovering the technique. The technique of directing attention towards the centre of the body is already described in an obscure 18th century Sinhalese meditation manual that was translated into English as ''Manual of a Mystic''. It was probably introduced into Sri Lanka by Thai monks during the Buddhist revival in the mid-eighteenth century, and taught to forest dwelling monks of the Asgiriya Vihara fraternity in the Kandyan Kingdom, who wrote it down.〔F.L.Woodward (trans.) 1916 ''Manual of a Mystic'' (Pali Text Society, Oxford) pp.11, 24, 28, 34, 47, 49, 56, 63, 73, 75, 108, 114; Heinz Bechert, ''Singhalesische Handschriften Teil II''; Stuttgart, 1997. 〕 After rediscovering the technique, Phramonkolthepmuni first taught it to others at Wat Bangpla, Amphoe Bang Len, Nakhon Pathom in 1915.〔''ibid.''p48〕 From 1916 onwards, when he was given his first abbothood, Dhammakaya Meditation became associated with his home temple of Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen. It is said that Phramongkolthepmuni was the ''re''discoverer of Dhammakaya meditation, because members of the Dhammakaya Movement believe that the Buddha became enlightened by attaining Dhammakaya, and that knowledge of this (equated with ''Saddhamma'' in the Dhammakaya Movement) was lost 500 years after the Buddha entered Parinirvana. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dhammakaya meditation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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