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| '''Piti''' is a type of ]: the third factor in the five comprising the ] of Hindu and Buddhist ]. It is variously translated as rapture, ecstasy, delight and euphoria. | '''Piti''' is a type of ]: the third factor in the five comprising the ] of Hindu and Buddhist ]. It is variously translated as rapture, ecstasy, delight and euphoria. | ||
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Piti is a type of emotion: the third factor in the five comprising the first Jhana of Hindu and Buddhist meditation. It is variously translated as rapture, ecstasy, delight and euphoria.
Piti is a very specific joy, one of the five factors of the first jhana, a deep concentration state. It should be contrasted with Sukkha, which is another factor of Jhana.
The best way to meet the meaning of this is to consider five types of joy. As the meditator practices both samatha or vipassana, his mind will focus on one (mental) object or on a succession of objects.
The five Piti are:
- Weak rapture - only causes goose bumps.
- Short rapture - evocates some thunder "from time to time".
- Going down rapture - explodes inside the body, like waves.
- Exalting rapture - "makes the body jump to the sky".
- Fulfilling rapture - seems to be a huge flood of a mountain stream.
Note only the last two are considered specificly Piti. The first four are just a preparation for the last one, which is the Jhanic factor.
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