Abhibhāvayatana (Sanskrit: Abhibhvāyatana, Pali: Abhibhāyatana), or abhibhāyatana (Sanskrit: Abhibhāyatana[1], Pali: Abhibhāyātana, "control of perceptions"),[1][2] is a concept in Buddhism through which meditation is achieved in eight stages by mastering the senses.[2] During this process, the practitioner separates himself from the physical world, frees himself from attachments to physical forms, and begins freeing himself from pain and pleasure of the material world tied to suffering in Buddhism.[2]
The eight stages of abhibhāvayatana are:[1]