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
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<strong>The</strong> Light Kasiöa Meditation<strong>The</strong> light kasiöa can be developed by seeing the light as it streamsin<strong>to</strong> a room through a crack in the wall and falls on the floor, or as itstreams through the spaces between the leaves of a tree and falls onthe earth, or by looking up through the branches of a tree and seeingthe light in the sky above. If you have difficulty in developing thesign in these ways then you can get an earthen pot and place a candleor lamp inside it and face the opening of the pot <strong>to</strong>wards a wall sothat a beam of light is emitted from the opening of the pot and fallsupon the wall. <strong>The</strong>n pay attention <strong>to</strong> the round circle of light on thewall as "light, light, light".<strong>The</strong> Space Kasiöa Meditation<strong>The</strong> space kasiöa can be developed by seeing the space in a doorway,a window, or a keyhole. If you have difficulty in developingthe nimitta then you can make a piece of flat board and cut out acircular hole of 8 inches <strong>to</strong> 1 foot in diameter in it. <strong>The</strong>n hold thatboard up <strong>to</strong>wards the sky with no trees or other objects behind it.<strong>The</strong>n concentrate on the space within that circular hole and note it as"space, space, space".<strong>The</strong> Four ArèpajhŒnasOnce you have attained the four jhŒnas with each of the tenkasiöas then you can proceed <strong>to</strong> develop the four arèpa jhŒnas calledthe four immaterial states. <strong>The</strong> four immaterial states are:1. <strong>The</strong> Base Consisting Of Boundless Space2. <strong>The</strong> Base Consisting Of Boundless Consciousness3. <strong>The</strong> Base Consisting Of Nothingness4. <strong>The</strong> Base Consisting Of Neither Perception Nor Non PerceptionYou should develop the four immaterial jhŒnas only after youhave developed all of the ten kasiöas up <strong>to</strong> the fourth jhŒna. You candevelop the four immaterial jhŒnas based on any of the ten kasiöasexcept the space kasiöa.w 77