Path of Freedom [Vimuttimagga]

64 Vimuttimaggasubjects of meditation fulfil the first meditation; three subjects of meditationfulfil the three-fold meditation.And again, one subject of meditation fulfils the four-fold meditation;nine subjects of meditation fulfil the four-fold and five-fold meditation. Andagain, four subjects of meditation fulfil the four-fold formless meditation.Q. Which ten subjects of meditation fulfil access-meditation?A. Excepting mindfulness of respiration and mindfulncss of body,the remaining eight recollections, the determining of the four elements andthe perception of the foulness of food are called the ten (objects of) accessmeditation.Q. Which of the eleven subjects of meditation produce the fiistmeditation?A, The ten perceptions of putrescence and mindfulness of body producethe first meditation.Q. Which three subjects of meditation produce the three-fold meditation ?A. Namely, loving-kindness compassion and appreciative joy.Q. Which subject of meditation produces the four-fold meditation?A. Namely, equanimity., Q. Which nine subjects of meditation comprise the four-fold and five-Foldmeditations? -' ••• : -'••"•':*•'A. Excepting spacc-kasina and consciousness-Zra^/Na, the remaining eightkasinas and Mindfulness of respiration.Q. Which four subjects of meditation comprise the four-fold formlessmeditation ?A. Sp&ce-kasina, consc'iousness-kasina, the sphere of nothingness,the sphere of neither perception nor non-perception — these are called thefour subjects of meditation.Thus these should be known 'by way of meditation'.BY WAY OF TRANSCENDINGQ. How 4 by way of transcending' ?A. The sphere-subjects of meditation transcend form. Excepting theformless-kasinas, the remaining eight kasinas and what remain of the thirtysubjects of meditation, do not transcend form.Three subjects of meditation transcend the object: the two formlesskasinasand the sphere of nothingness. The other thirty-five subjects of meditationdo not transcend the object.