Path of Freedom [Vimuttimagga]

Subjects of Meditation 219power creates could be distinguished at any time. At this time he does notappear. He knows when it is not the time. During that time should hewish to speak, he makes himself invisible. He does not appear at any moment.The created form has no life-principle. Drinks, foods, things, and variousforms of knowledge created proceed by way of nine objects, namely, limitedobject, sublime object, limitless object, past object, future object, presentobject, internal object, external object, internal-external object.Miscellaneous Teachings have ended.%DIVINE HEARINGQ. Who practises divine hearing? How is it developed?A. One who enters the fourth meditation, jhana, with facility on eightkasinas and two kasinas causes the arising of divine hearing relying on thephysical organ of hearing.Q. How is the form element of the fourth meditation, jhana, set free?A. It occurs then. 1Q. How is it developed? A. The new yogin practises the four basesof supernormal power and controls his mind. He enters the fourth meditation,jhana. Rising therefrom peacefully and depending on the physical organof hearing, he attends to the sound sign. Hearing a sound afar off, or hearinga sound nearby, he attends to the sound sign. Hearing a gross sound orhearing a fine sound, he attends to the sound sign. Hearing a sound fromthe east, he attends to the sound sign. Thus as to all regions. Through thepractice of the purity of mind and the purification of the ear element, thatyogin strengthens the mental formations. That yogin hears what is beyondthe reach of human ears owing to the purified divine hearing. He hearsboth sounds, namely, divine sounds and human sounds, also sounds afarand sounds near. 2 Here the predecessors have said: "At first the new yoginhears the sound of beings within himself after that he hears the sound of beingsoutside his body. Thence he hears the sound of beings anywhere. Thushe strengthens attention gradually". Again it is said: "At first the newyogin cannot hear the sound of beings within himself, because he is not ableto hear fine sounds. He cannot reach the field of these (sounds) with thephysical ear. But the new yogin could hear the sound of conchs, drumsand the like, with the physical ear".1. The question and the answer are not clear.2. D. I, 79: Seyyatha pi mahd-rdja puriso addhana-magga-patipanno so suneyya bheri-saddampi mutinga-saddam pi sarikha-panava-dendima-saddam pi. Tassa evam assa: "Bheri-saddo"iti pi, "mutinga-saddo" iti pi, "sankha-panava-dendima-saddo" iti pi. Evam eva kho mahdrdjabhikkhu evam samdhite citte parisuddhe pariyoddte anangane vigatiipakkilese mudubhiltekammaniye thite dnejjappatte dibbdya sota-dhatuyd cittam abhiniharati abhininnameti.So dibbdya sota-dhatuyd visuddhaya atikkanta-mdnusikdya ubho sadde sundti, dibbe camdnuse ca, ye dure santike ca.