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	'''Abhibhāvayatana''' ({{lang-sa\|Abhibhvāyatana}}, {{lang-pi\|Abhibhāyatana}}), or '''abhibhāyatana''' ({{lang-sa\|Abhibhāyatana}},<ref name="oxford">{{cite encyclopedia\|title=Abhibhāvayatana\|encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of World Religions\|year=1997\|publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref> {{lang-pi\|Abhibhāyātana}}, "control of perceptions"),<ref name="oxford"/><ref name="eb">{{cite encyclopedia\|title=Abhibhvāyatana\|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica\|year=2009\|accessdate=May 2, 2009\|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1239/abhibhvayatana}}</ref> is a concept in [[Buddhism]] through which [[meditation]] is achieved in eight stages by mastering the senses.<ref name="eb"/> During this process, the practitioner separates himself from the physical world, frees himself from attachments to physical forms, and begins freeing himself from [[suffering\|pain]] and [[pleasure]] of the material world tied to [[dukkha\|suffering in Buddhism]].<ref name="eb"/>		'''Abhibhāvayatana''' ({{lang-sa\|Abhibhvāyatana}}, {{lang-pi\|Abhibhāyatana}}), or '''abhibhāyatana''' ({{lang-sa\|Abhibhāyatana}},<ref name="oxford">{{cite encyclopedia\|title=Abhibhāvayatana\|encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of World Religions\|year=1997\|publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref> {{lang-pi\|Abhibhāyātana}}, "control of perceptions"),<ref name="oxford"/><ref name="eb">{{cite encyclopedia\|title=Abhibhvāyatana\|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica\|year=2009\|accessdate=May 2, 2009\|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1239/abhibhvayatana}}</ref> is a concept in [[Buddhism]] through which [[meditation]] is achieved in eight stages by mastering the senses.<ref name="eb"/> During this process, the practitioner separates himself from the physical world, frees himself from attachments to physical forms, and begins freeing himself from [[suffering\|pain]] and [[pleasure]] of the material world tied to [[dukkha\|suffering in Buddhism]].<ref name="eb"/>

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'''Abhibhāvayatana''' ({{lang-sa|Abhibhvāyatana}}, {{lang-pi|Abhibhāyatana}}), or '''abhibhāyatana''' ({{lang-sa|Abhibhāyatana}},<ref name="oxford">{{cite encyclopedia|title=Abhibhāvayatana|encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of World Religions|year=1997|publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref> {{lang-pi|Abhibhāyātana}}, "control of perceptions"),<ref name="oxford"/><ref name="eb">{{cite encyclopedia|title=Abhibhvāyatana|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|year=2009|accessdate=May 2, 2009|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1239/abhibhvayatana}}</ref> is a concept in [[Buddhism]] through which [[meditation]] is achieved in eight stages by mastering the senses.<ref name="eb"/> During this process, the practitioner separates himself from the physical world, frees himself from attachments to physical forms, and begins freeing himself from [[suffering|pain]] and [[pleasure]] of the material world tied to [[dukkha|suffering in Buddhism]].<ref name="eb"/>

The eight stages of abhibhāvayatana are:<ref name="oxford"/>

# Mastery of perception of the form of one's own body and limited forms beyond it
# Mastery of perception of the form of one's own body, and of forms beyond it
# Mastery of perception of formlessness in relation to one's own body and limited forms beyond it
# Mastery of perception of formlessness in relation to one's own body and the whole world beyond it
# Mastery of perception over different forms of [[beauty]] (stages 5–8)

== See also ==
* [[Index of Buddhism-related articles]]
* [[Schools of Buddhism]]
* [[Secular Buddhism]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Buddhism topics}}

[[Category:Buddhist philosophical concepts]]
[[Category:Stage theories]]

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