Key terms Flashcards
samatha
tranquility or calm abiding
vipassana
insight, not intellectual but experiential
specifically the insight into the true nature of reality that radically transforms our understanding of ourselves and our relationship to the world
deeply intuitive realizations that transcend and ultimately shatter our commonly held beliefs and understandings
samadhi
concentration or stable attention
sati
mindfulness
mindfulness
sati. leads to insight (vipassana), wisdom and awakening.
the optimal interaction between attention and peripheral awareness
dhamma vicaya
investigate phenomena
viriya
persistence and energy
awakening
understanding reality as it is, rather than as we mistakenly believe it to be, and understanding the true nature of the mind.
cognitive event, the culminating insight in a series of very special insights called vipassana
mundane insights
useful insights that give us a better understanding of our own personality, social interactions, human behavior in general and how the everyday world works.
insights are intellectual and not vipassana
stable attention
ability to intentionally direct and sustain the focus of attention and control the scope of attention
controlling the scope of attention
training the mind to adjust how wide or narrow our focus is and being more selective and intentional about what is included and excluded
spontaneous movements of attention
opposite of intentionally directed, stable attention
scanning
when our focus moves from object to object, searching the outer world of contents of our mind for something of interest
getting captured
when an object, like a thought, bodily sensation or some external stimulus suddenly captures our attention
alternating attention
subtler kind of scattered attention where focus of attention moves quickly among different objects (ex: multitasking)
