The Practice Which leads to Nibbana - A Buddhist Library

w 102that you have remembered is the real Buddha and try to recollectthe qualities of the Buddha in relation to that. You can takewhichever one of the five definitions of Araha× that you like themost from the above list and take the meaning as an object andrecollect it again and again as Araha×, Araha×.When your concentration develops and becomes stronger theimage of the Buddha will disappear and your mind should simplystay calmly concentrated on the quality that you have selected. Whenthe mind stays concentrated and calmly with that quality as an objectfor about one hour then you should reflect and see if the jhŒna factorsare present. But in this case the jhŒna here can only reach upacŒrajhŒna. You can also develop the other qualities of the Buddha in asimilar way and practise to attain the five masteries with regards tothis meditation.Meditation On The Repulsiveness Of Corpses (asubha)To develop the meditation based on the repulsiveness of a corpseyou should begin by reestablishing fourth jhŒna concentration usingeither the white kasiöa or mindfulness of breathing. When thelight produced by that concentration is bright and clear and illuminatesthe area around you then you should take as an object the mostrepulsive corpse of the same sex as yourself that you have ever seenbefore. Try to visualise that corpse in your light. Try to see it withthe assistance of the light so that it is exactly as you saw it previously.When you are able to see it clearly in this way then view it inthe most repulsive way that you can and having calmly, concentratedyour mind on it note it as "repulsive, repulsive" (paÊikèlapaÊikèla).When you are able to concentrate your mind steadily on the objectof the corpse for one or two hours you will experience a changefrom the learning sign to the paÊibhŒga nimitta.