Path of Freedom [Vimuttimagga]

The Five Methods 325"How is it entered upon?": That yogin enters into a solitary dwelling,and sitting down, or lying down, enjoys the consciousness of dissolution. Heenters the first meditation, jhana, and merging from it peacefully, sees theimpermanence, ill and not-self of that meditation, jhana, immediately. Possessedof the knowledge of equanimity towards the formations, 1 he enters intothe second, the third and the fourth meditations, jhanas, the sphere of theinfinity of space, the sphere of the infinity of consciousness and the sphere ofnothingness. Then emerging therefrom peacefully, he sees the impermanence,ill and not-self of Right Concentration immediately, and being possessedof the knowledge of equanimity towards the formations, he enters into thesphere of neither perception nor non-perception immediately. Then passingbeyond two or three turns of consciousness, he causes the perishing of mindand enters into the Unborn and the Unmanifest. This is called the entry intothe attainment of the dissolution of perception and sensation."How does one persist?": He^e one does not consider thus: "I shallemerge". In the performance of the preliminary duties, one discerns."Howdoes the mind emerge (from it)?": The Non-returner emerges onthe attainment of the Fruit of Non-returning. The Consummate One emergeson the attainment of the Fruit of Saintship.Q. "Towards what is the mind inclined?": A, The mind inclines towardspeace only.Q. "By how many kinds of contact is it experienced?": A. Through threecontacts, namely, the contact of the void, the signless and the unhankered-after.Through what formations does he emerge? With his bodily formationsand his verbal formations."What is the difference between a dead man and a man who enters intothe attainment of the dissolution of perception and sensation?": In the deadman, not only are three formations stilled, but vitality is cut off, heat is cutoff, the faculties are cut off. In the man who has entered the attainment of thedissolution of perception and sensation, although the (three) formations arestilled, vitality, heat and the faculties are not cut off. This is the difference. 2"Is this attainment conditioned or unconditioned?": One should not saythat this attainment is conditioned or unconditioned. Q. Why should it notbe said that his attainment is conditioned or unconditioned? ,4. There is nopattiyo. Tattha nirodha-samdpattiya samddhi-pariyaya sambhavo hetfhd vutto yeva.Pacchimass' eva pana dcariya vannenti—Ud.-a. 245.).1. Sankhdrupekkhd.2. M. I, 296: Yvdyam dvuso mato kdlakato, yo cdyam bhikkhu sanfidvedayitanirodham samdpanno,imesam kim ndndkaranan ti ? Yvdyam dvuso mato kdlakato, tassa kdyasankhdrdniruddha patippassaddha, vdcisankhdrd niruddha patippassadha, cittasahkhdrd niruddhapatippassaddha, dyu parikkhino, usmd viipasantd, indriyani viparibhinndni: yo cdyambhikkhu sanfidvedayitanirodham samdpanno tassa pi kdyasankhdrd niruddha, patipassaddha,vacisankhdrd niruddha patippassaddha, cittasankhdrd niruddha patippassaddha, dyu aparikkhino,usmd avupasantd, indriyani vippasanndni. Yvdyam dvuso mato kdlakato yo cayambhikkhu sanfidvedayitanirodham samdpanno, idarh tesarh ndndkarananti.