The Path to One Pointed Meditation of Calm Abiding


Edition
Length

Image Sizes

Paper/Canvas Sizes
100
40"x58"
44"x62"
500
16.8"x24"24"x30"
Open
6.7"x9.5"8.5"x12"
Artist: Asman Lama
Release of Edition: 17 June 2006
Medium: Limited Edition Giclee Prints
Material: Matte UV-protected Canvas or 255gsm Somerset Velvet Rag Paper, Ultrachrome Ink
Markings: Embossed with the MiMa Publishers stamp and numbered
Certificate of Authenticity: Available on request




detail of max. size at 1:1

16.8"x24" Enlargement:

(At 72dpi this enlargement is only one tenth of the resolution of the print on paper. Added to that, it's a compressed jpeg, so the resulting image on the screen only hints at the clarity and detail of the print.)


The Path to One Pointed Meditation of Calm Abiding
(Skt. Shamatha, Tib. zhi gnas)

Pictured are the Nine Deepening Stages of Calm-Abiding. Through the process of perfecting Calm-Abiding, starting with cultivating virtuous actions, we diligently study and ponder the Dharma. We recollect upon the nature of mind, the very wish-fulfilling gem. Our practice begins with the state of mental agitation that is the conventional mind-stream. Through instruction in Calm-Abiding we bring the mind to stabilize on its object of concentration. As pictured here, the monk progressively chases, binds, leads, and subdues the elephant-like mind (whose color progresses from black to white).

At the end of the path a single-pointed concentration is attained, and the 'purified elephant' of the mind is now completely settled. The flying monk represents bodily bliss; and his riding of the elephant, mental bliss. Riding the elephant back triumphantly across the rainbow, wielding the flaming sword of perfect insight having attained the flame of clear understanding and remembrance, represents the uprooting of samsara by the unity of Calm-Abiding and Higher Insight. For more detailed info see the Dharma Fellowship Website: Essay on The Nine Stages of Abiding

Notes by Bhikshu Karma Tinley, who gratefully acknowledges the Himalayan Art Library.

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