Samatha & Vipasyana
2 practices
Śamatha with a Sign: Counting the Breath
samatha vipassanaA classic breath-counting method for establishing śamatha (calm-abiding) — counting each full cycle of exhalation and inhalation up to seven, used to gather scattered thoughts into a single, stabilizing point of focus.
Śamatha Without a Sign: Resting in Empty, Luminous Awareness
samatha vipassanaA more advanced śamatha method that drops the breath as an object entirely: settling the body, briefly invoking guidance, then letting attention rest in bare present awareness — releasing thoughts of past and future without following, blocking, or analyzing them.