Buddhist Meditation in Kru Ba Srivichaya’s period

Abstract

The purpose of this passage is to describe the buddhist meditationís structure of Kru Ba Srivichaya in the 25^th buddhist century. The analysis in this passage is a result of the Ancient Lanna Buddhist Meditation Research, which was funded by the Department of Culture Promotion in 2016. In this particular research, seventy-two ancient palm leaf manuscripts and buddhist meditation books were found. However, there were only eleven documents that being used in this analysis along with data collection in field-research, which is the buddhist meditation practice at Khun Khong Temple in Hang Dong district, Chiang Mai
province. After this practice, analysis result reviewed that the buddhist meditation of Kru Ba Srivichaya has a similar structure to the Lanna buddhist meditation which derived from the Visudhimagga Scripture. There are fourty kinds of Samadha meditaion and Vipassana meditation, and latest occured in the 23^rd buddhist century by the time of Lanna Kingdom. Both Samadha and Vipassana meditations are also described in the bhuddist meditation of Kru Ba Srivichayaí s teachings. The Samadha meditationís descriptions consist of these following sections, the Anusathi, the Phromviharn meditation and the Ahrubbha meditation while the Vipassana meditationís descriptions consist of the Thidhivisudhiyarna, the Kangkavisudhiyarna and the Trilaksana. The aims of both meditations are charisma and self-improvement based on the Bubbhanimithra of Magga, and the practical result would be as stated in the Visudhimagga Scripture. For the bhuddist meditationís teachings of Kru Ba Srivichaya, the practical result would be as stated in the buddhist meditation of Kru Ba Mahakanchanatera from Soong Maen temple in Soong Maen district, Phrae province.