12.07.2015 Views

The Practice Which leads to Nibbana - A Buddhist Library

The Practice Which leads to Nibbana - A Buddhist Library

The Practice Which leads to Nibbana - A Buddhist Library

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

w 8meditation subjects easily with the assistance of the concentrationhe has attained in his initial meditation.Developing InsightAfter the medita<strong>to</strong>r has thus completed the development of concentrationhis mind is then pliant, usable and ready <strong>to</strong> begin the developmen<strong>to</strong>f insight practise.If he developed his concentration by using mindfulness of breathingthen he again develops that concentration as described above.He attains the fourth jhŒna based on mindfulness of breathing, thendiscerns the 32 parts of the body a few times internally and externally,then using the white colour of the bones he progressively entersthe fourth jhŒna based on the white kasiöa. <strong>The</strong>n he directs hismind <strong>to</strong>wards the discernment of the four elements in the body.As described above he develops concentration based on the fourelements until he finds his whole body appears <strong>to</strong> be white. <strong>The</strong>n ashe continues <strong>to</strong> discern the four elements in the white form of thebody his whole body becomes clear like a block of ice.<strong>The</strong> medita<strong>to</strong>r then continues <strong>to</strong> discern the four elements in theclear form of his body and as he does this he will find that it breaksup in<strong>to</strong> tiny particles. If it does not break up in<strong>to</strong> particles while he ismeditating in this way then he directs his attention <strong>to</strong> discerning theelement of space in the body. He finds that there are spaces all overthe body such as the pores in the skin and as he discerns these spacesthe clear form breaks up in<strong>to</strong> particles because he is able <strong>to</strong> discernthe space between particles.When he is able <strong>to</strong> easily discern these particles, which are calledrèpa kalŒpas, he will notice at first that they are arising and passingaway very quickly. He should not pay much attention <strong>to</strong> them arisingand passing away, but just continue <strong>to</strong> observe the four elementsin each rèpa kalŒpa.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!