선정(jhāna)의 문제에 관한 고찰- Nikāya에 나타나는 사마타와 위빠싸나의 관계를 중심으로

A Study on Jhānas

&nbsp;&nbsp;The insight(vipassan？) has been said to go with the serenity(samatha) since the early Buddhism. In this study, I also have insisted that the insight and the serenity should be a pair in the practice of meditation The meditator makes the progress of meditation through these two functional elements.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Nevertheless, there are some differences between the insight and the serenity. It is the insight that continually required until the last goal. The serenity would be used as the supporter of the insight in the limits. Therefore I would like to say that the essence of the early Buddhist practice theory lies in the insight.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;The serenity can be divided into the nine. stages, that is four jh？nas and four sam？pattis and a sa？？？vedayitanirodhasam？patti. When the meditator practices the insight, he leans on the four jh？nas and first three sam？pattis, nevasa？？？n？sa？？？yatanasam？patti and sa？？？vedayitanirodhasam？patti have no connection with the insight.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Therefore the meditater would be retired from nevasa？？？n？sa？？？yatanasam？patti and sa？？？vedayitanirodhasam？patti for the practice of the insight I have referred to this fact in conformity with Anupadasutta in Majjhimanik？ya. On the basis of this reason, the insight would go with the serenity only for some time. And the first jh？na would be the main area for the practice of the insight among the seven stages of the serenity.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;When the meditator reaches the deep stages of the serenity, his capacity of the insight will be reduced step by step. The serenity is to concentrate one"s mind on one point, that is opposed to the capacity of the insight. That is why the insight would go with the serenity only for some time, and that the first jh？na is the main area to practice the insight.