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fearful nature of the conditioned things, found them to
be unsatisfactory and developed disgust on them. These
correspond to the times when the yogi developed
âdinava-¤àõa and Nibbidà-¤àõa, respectively.
Now the fisherman was no longer happy to have
the snake in his hand and he developed a strong desire
to escape from the snake. This is analogous to the
situation when the yogi attain Mu¤citukamyatà-¤àõa and
wanted to escape from the entanglement of nàma-råpa.
The fisherman, who wants to escape from the snake,
dares not free the snake, because it will bite him if he
frees it. So, whether he likes it or not, he grips the snake,
pulls it out of the water, raises it over his head, swirls it
around three or four times, throws it away as far as he
can and hurries to the high ground.
In the same way the yogi, who wants to escape from
nàma and råpa, cannot neglect them and forget them.
He must take a firm grip on them by meditating on the
three characterisitc marks of existence. This corresponds
to Pañisaïkhà-¤àõa.
Saïkhàrupekkhà-¤àõa
The fisherman, who has thrown away the snake and
hurried to the high ground, soon feels safe and relaxed.
In a similar manner, the yogi, who earnestly meditates
on the three characteristics of the conditioned things,
soon develops equanimity towards nàma-råpa. He has
either disgust on nor attachment to nàma-råpa. He can
keep a balanced mind even though he is observing the
true nature of nàma and råpa.