Path of Freedom [Vimuttimagga]

Subjects of Meditation 131(1) "He stays wherever he likes": He dwells in the village or forest —whichever he likes — and enters into concentration. (2) "Practises the concentrationthat he likes": He produces the concentration which he desires.(3) "Whenever": He enters into concentration at the time he likes. (4)("Without hindrance"): He is able to remain firm in (concentration) atall times. (5) "In the direct order": He enters the first meditation, jhana,and by degrees rises up to the sphere of neither perception nor non-perception.(6) "In the reverse order": Starting from the sphere of neither perceptionnor non-perception, he comes down by degrees to the first meditation, jhana.(7) "In the direct and in the reverse order": He excels in ascending andin descending. He enters the third meditation, jhana, from the first meditation,jhana. From the third meditation, jhana, he enters the second, and fromthe second he enters the fourth. 1 Thus he enters the concentration of thesphere of neither perception nor non-perception. (8) "By developing separately": Having gradually entered the fourth meditation, jhana, he ascendsor descends. (9) "By developing together": He enters the fourth meditation,jhana. From that he enters space, and then enters the third meditation, jhana.Thus he enters into concentration in these two ways. (10) "Skipping overthe middle": He enters the first meditation, jhana. From this he enters thesphere of neither perception nor non-perception. From this he enters thesecond meditation, jhana, and therefrom attains to the sphere of nothingness.Thus he abides in that attainment, and understands the sphere of the infinityof space. (11) "Limiting the factor": He enters into the concentration ofone meditation, jhana, on eight kasinas. (12) "Limiting the object": Heenters into eight kinds of concentration on three kasinas. (13) "Limitingthe factor and the object": Two meditations, jhanas, and one kasina. (14)"Fixing the factor": On three kasinas, he enters (Lit. two, two meditation,jhanas). (15) "Fixing the object": He enters two meditations, jhanas,on (Lit. two, two kasinas). (16) "Fixing the factor and the object": Thisconsists of the two (preceding) sentences.Miscellaneous teachings have ended.Cp. (a) D. II, 156: 'Handa ddni bhikkhave dmantaydmi vo: "Vayadhammd samkhdrd,appamddena sampddethdti".Ayarh Tathdgatassa pacchimd vdcd.Atha kho Bhagavd pafhamajjhanam samdpajji. Pafhamajjhand vutthahitvddutiyajjhanam samdpajji. Dutiyajjhand vutthahitvd tatiyajjhanam samdpajji. Tatiyajjhandvutthahitvd catutthajjhanam samdpajji. Catutthajjhand vutthahitvd dkdsdnancdyatanamsamdpajji. Akdsdnahcdyatana-samdpattiyd vutthahitvd vinhdnahcdyatanam samdpajji.Vinndnahcdyatana-samdpattiyd vutthahitvd dkincanndyatanam samdpajji. Akincahndyatana-samdpattiydvutthahitvd nevasannd-ndsanndyatanam samdpajji. Nevasanndndsahhdyatana-samdpattiydvutthahitvd sannd-vedayita-nirodham samdpajji.Atha kho dyasmd Anando dyasamantam Anuruddham etad avoca:i Parinibbuto_ bhante Anuruddha Bhagavd 9 ti.'Net dvuso Ananda Bhagavd parinibbuto, sannd-vedayita-nirodham samdpanno'ti.Atha kho Bhagavd sahhd-vedayita-nirodha-samdpattiyd vutthahitvd nevasanndndsanndyatanamsamdpajji. Nevasahnd-ndsahhdyatana-samdpattiyd vutthahitvd dkincanndyatanamsamdpajji. Akincanndyatana-samdpattiyd vutthahitvd vinndnancdyatanam