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and empty.
c. The samatha of the Desire Realm. Even though the
meditator feels pure and light and can prolong samatha,
still he experiences body and mind.
d. Not-yet-reached samatha. The body becomes like the
sky, as inside one does not see the body and outside one
sees nothing. Still, the practitioner has some natural
obstacles, so that the first dhyana cannot yet be attained.
There is no body and no mind, but this is not true
sunyata. It is only the experience of akasa, as the
samapatti of sunyata has not yet been practiced.
2. The Eight Touches and the Ten Merits
With constant samatha practice, will come after some
time the ability to perceive the eight internal touches,
accompanied by the ten merits. This state is the
complete first dhyana, concentration. These Eight are
accompanied by Ten, as below:
a. Eight internal touches
i. inner bodily movements
ii. irritation
iii. buoyancy
iv. heaviness
v. cold
vi. heat
vii. roughness
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