The Practice Which leads to Nibbana - A Buddhist Library

The Light Kasiöa MeditationThe light kasiöa can be developed by seeing the light as it streamsinto 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 towards a wall sothat a beam of light is emitted from the opening of the pot and fallsupon the wall. Then pay attention to the round circle of light on thewall as "light, light, light".The Space Kasiöa MeditationThe 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 to 1 foot in diameter in it. Then hold thatboard up towards the sky with no trees or other objects behind it.Then concentrate on the space within that circular hole and note it as"space, space, space".The Four ArèpajhŒnasOnce you have attained the four jhŒnas with each of the tenkasiöas then you can proceed to develop the four arèpa jhŒnas calledthe four immaterial states. The four immaterial states are:1. The Base Consisting Of Boundless Space2. The Base Consisting Of Boundless Consciousness3. The Base Consisting Of Nothingness4. The Base Consisting Of Neither Perception Nor Non PerceptionYou should develop the four immaterial jhŒnas only after youhave developed all of the ten kasiöas up to the fourth jhŒna. You candevelop the four immaterial jhŒnas based on any of the ten kasiöasexcept the space kasiöa.w 77