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The third factor in the five comprising the first Jhana of Hindu and Buddhist meditation.
Piti is a very specific joy, one of the five factors of the first jhana, a deep concentration state.
The best way to meet the meaning of this is to consider 5 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.
5 Piti
- Weak rapture
- Short rapture
- Going down rapture
- Exalting rapture
- Fulfilling rapture
Note only the last two are considered specificly Piti. The firts are just a preparation for the last one, which is the Jhanic factor.
Details
What represent theses joys?
Weak rapture only causes piloerection.
Short rapture evocates some thunder "from time to time".
Going down rapture explodes inside the body, like waves.
Exalting rapture "makes the body jumps to the sky".
Fulfilling rapture seems to be huge flood of a mountain stream.