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object of meditation. On realizing the fourth aråpàvacara
jhàna, this object of àkinca¤¤àyatana kusala citta appears
at the mind-door causing the cognitive series of
consciousness to arise as before. In this case neva-sa¤¤àn’asa¤¤àyatana
kusala citta arises once as appanà-javana
and then bhavaïga cittas sink into life-continuum.
Note:
The reader should review the description of “aråpa jhànas”
on pages 61-62 as an aid to the study of the aråpàvacara
appanà vãthis.
Jhàna Samàpatti Vãthis
‘Samàpatti’ means ‘attainment’. A person, who has attained the
råpàvacara jhàna, may enter the meditative absorption corresponding
to that jhàna whenever he wishes. If he practices well,
he may attain the ecstatic trance instantly and remain in the
trance for one hour, two hours, three hours, etc., up to seven
days. During this trance, the jhàna citta occurs repeatedly and
spontaneously focusing the attention on the pañibhàga-nimitta
of kasiõa. So he will not hear any sound nor know any other
sense-object during the trance.
A person, who attains all the råpàvacara and the aråpàvacara
jhànas, may enter the meditative absorption corresponding to
any jhàna. But he must enter the first jhàna first; then, by eliminating
vitakka, he enters the second jhàna; then, by eliminating
vicàra, he enters the third jhàna, and so on.
The jhàna-samàpatti vãthi runs as follows:
(Manda-pa¤¤à)
Na–Da– “Ma–Pa–U–Nu–Go–Jha–Jha–Jha– many times” –Bha…
(Tikkha-pa¤¤à)