─ Obstacles and Unpleasant Reactions in Meditation According to the Visuddhimagga

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  • 瞑想の阻害と負の意識反応 ─『清浄道論』を中心として
  • メイソウ ノ ソガイ ト マケ ノ イシキ ハンノウ : 『 セイジョウドウロン 』 オ チュウシン ト シテ

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The purpose of meditation is to obtain a cessation of suffering along with the alteration of consciousness. While the ideal developments of mind and the positive outcomes of meditation are exclusively discussed in the Buddhist texts, the Visuddhimagga and Pāli commentaries notice the actual problems such as ten kinds of ・ impediment (palibodha) which the meditator need to sever before starting meditation and the eighteen kinds of unfavorable monasteries, which are called fault (dosa). A noisy environment created by worshipers and others hinders the meditator from concentrating his mind. External stimulation does not only break up the meditation, but sometimes provokes rather unpleasant reactions. Improper conditions, both physical and mental, during the meditation also have a mischievous influence on the meditator’s mind. Imbalance of five faculties also induces mental disorders. When unpleasant reactions appears in a meditator’s mind, one of the effective method of selfcare solution is considered to be scolding, talking to, convincing himself and pulling him back to the ordinary perception. In this paper, we consider the methods of handling such troubles during the meditation in Theravāda Buddhism.

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