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wrong view that they occur in me), vicious màna (the pride that
I alone possess these marvellous qualities) and grasping taõhà
(strong attachment that the qualities are mine). These diññhi, màna
and taõhà really defile one’s meditation because they are real
defilements (kilesas).
Some yogis with poor knowledge of Dhamma even think
that they attain Magga and Phala when they have the unusual
aura, joy, tranquility and happiness.
All these people who have such a wrong view (diññhi) or a
vicious pride (màna) or a grasping attachment (taõhà) are on the
wrong Path; their meditation will be at a standstill and may even
decline.
Those people, who have sufficient knowledge of Dhamma,
know very well that these unusual phenomena of aura, joy,
happiness; etc., are just upakkilesas and that they do not represent
a Magga or Phala yet. To be on the right Path, one must meditate
on the arising and passing away of the conditioned things.
This knowledge which can differentiate between the wrong
Path and the right Path is called Maggàmagga-¤àõadassana
Visuddhi. The yogi who possesses this knowledge is said to attain
the Purity of Vision discerning the Path and not-Path.
6 Pañipadà-¤àõadassana-visuddhi
(Purity of Vision of the Path-progress)
The Purity of Vision of the Path-progress ranges from the later
part of Udayabbaya-¤àõa to the last vipassanà-¤àõa, covering nine
insight knowledge in all. These knowledge have to be developed
one after another by earnestly and strenuously meditating on
the three characteristic marks of the conditioned things (saïkhàra
– nàma-råpa).