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5 Pubbe-nivàsànussati Abhi¤¤àõa
The ability to remember manifold former existences,
such as one birth, two, three, four or five births… one
hundred thousand births; to remember many formations
and dissolution of worlds; “ there I was, such name
I had… and vanishing from there I entered somewhere
else into existence…and vanishing from there I again
reappeared here.”
The abhi¤¤à vãthi is of the form:
Na–Da– “Ma–Pa–U–Nu–Go–Bhin” –Bha…
Suppose a person, who has attained the mundane supernormal
powers, wants to become manifold. He meditates on
the pathavà-kasiõa and develops the råpàvacara kusala fifth jhàna
for a few moments. Then he comes out of the jhàna absorption
and, having arrested his life-continuum, makes a will: “Let there
be 1000 identical but separate forms of myself.”
He has complete confidence in his will. The nimitta-forms
appear at his mind-door causing the life-continuum to vibrate
twice and become arrested. The mano-dvàràvajjana observes the
nimitta-forms and decide whether the visual object is good or
bad. Then one of the two upekkhà-sahagataü ¤àõa-sampayuttaü
mahàkusala cittas functions as parikamma, upacàra, anuloma and
gotrabhu. Then observing the 1000 nimitta-forms, the råpàvacara
kusala fifth-jhàna arises once functioning as abhi¤¤à-javana. Then,
bhavaïga citta follows up and the person comes out of the jhàna.
As soon as abhi¤¤àõa javana occurs, the 1000 nimitta-forms come
into existence.
Other mundane supernormal powers are brought into play
in a similar way.