30 (Day) Notes | Sabbāsava Sutta (MN 2) | Sutta Study @ Buddhist Maha Vihara, Brickfields | Bhante Dr. G. Chandima

 

Unwise attention leads to not developing.

1. What is Bhāvanā?

2. Why is Bhāvanā?

3. Why is the meaning of the word Bhāvanā so ambiguous in context?

4. Why is the practice of seven awakening factors referred to as Bhāvanā rather than specific meditations?

5. Why should the seven awakening components under Bhāvanā be practiced in the context of vivekanissitaṃ, virāganissitaṃ, nirodhanissitaṃ, and vossaggapariṇāmiṃ?

5. If Bhāvanā is merely one technique to deal with particular akusalas, how can we understand contemporary meditation concepts?