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Here again there is a good illustration. A man had a
beautiful wife. We might think that he was lucky. But
his wife’s beauty attracted the attention of other men,
some of whom went out of their way to use every means
to win her love. If she was not faithful or if her mind
was not firm, she might commit adultery.
Now this man’s wife was not faithful. She went out
with several men. Here husband was very unhappy and
he pleaded with her to be faithful to him. She refused
to comply. She kept on going out with other men. The
man was so upset that he couldn’t bear it any more. So
he divorced her at court.
After that, even though the man knew that she was
going out with several men as usual, he did not feel
upset as her conduct was not concerned with him any
more.
Similarly the yogi, who has developed Saïkhàrupekkhà-¤àõa,
can maintain equanimity towards nàmaråpa
and conditioned things even though he is
observing the incessant dissolution and the unsatisfactory
nature of them.
Anuloma-¤àõa
The yogi, who can maintain equanimity towards nàmaråpa
and conditioned things, carries on his meditation
on the three characteristics of existence by way of the
three Anupassanàs. However, his mind no longer wants
to observe the conditioned things. His mind is looking
out for Nibbàna, and so long as it does not find Nibbàna,
it keeps on observing the conditioned things. When it