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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Meditation is achieved in eight stages by mastering the senses}}<br /> [[File:The art of everything, inner happiness in Sri Lanka.jpg|alt=Abhibhāvayatana meditating monk |thumb| Abhibhāvayatana ]]<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Abhibhāvayatana&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{lang-sa|Abhibhvāyatana}}, {{lang-pi|Abhibhāyatana}}), or &#039;&#039;&#039;abhibhāyatana&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{lang-sa|Abhibhāyatana}},&lt;ref name=&quot;oxford&quot;&gt;{{cite encyclopedia|title=Abhibhāvayatana|encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of World Religions|year=1997|publisher=Oxford University Press}}&lt;/ref&gt; {{lang-pi|Abhibhāyātana}}, &quot;control of perceptions&quot;),&lt;ref name=&quot;oxford&quot;/&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;eb&quot;&gt;{{cite encyclopedia|title=Abhibhvāyatana|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|year=2009|accessdate=May 2, 2009|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1239/abhibhvayatana}}&lt;/ref&gt; is a concept in [[Buddhism]] through which [[meditation]] is achieved in eight stages by mastering the senses.&lt;ref name=&quot;eb&quot;/&gt; During this process, the practitioner separates himself from the physical world, frees himself from attachments to physical forms, and begins freeing himself from [[suffering|pain]] and [[pleasure]] of the material world tied to [[dukkha|suffering in Buddhism]].&lt;ref name=&quot;eb&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> The eight stages of abhibhāvayatana are:&lt;ref name=&quot;oxford&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> # Mastery of perception of the form of one&#039;s own body and limited forms beyond it<br /> # Mastery of perception of the form of one&#039;s own body, and of forms beyond it<br /> # Mastery of perception of formlessness in relation to one&#039;s own body and limited forms beyond it<br /> # Mastery of perception of formlessness in relation to one&#039;s own body and the whole world beyond it<br /> # Mastery of perception over different forms of [[beauty]] (stages 5–8)<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Index of Buddhism-related articles]]<br /> * [[Schools of Buddhism]]<br /> * [[Secular Buddhism]]<br /> <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Buddhism topics}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Buddhist philosophical concepts]]<br /> [[Category:Stage theories]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{buddhism-stub}}</div>

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