Contemplation: Its Cultivation and Culmination Through the Buddhist Glasses.
Frontiers in psychology January 1, 2021 Madhumita Chattopadhyay 17 citations
Buddhist meditation aims to transform the individual's personality from a self-centered "I" to a collective "we," achieving peace of mind and global peace. The practice of vipassanā (insight) leads to supreme enlightenment by breaking internal fetters through seven types of purity: morals, mind, views, and insight. Meditation involves not solitary mindfulness but also cultivating higher qualities like compassion and friendliness. The ideal practitioner, the Bodhisattva, must perfect wisdom (prajñā-pāramitā) and skill in means (upāyas), which do not create new bondage. Attaining this broad outlook is the highest contemplation and ultimate goal of Buddhist meditation.