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THE DIAGRAM SHOWING THE WAY TO PRACTISE
The Four Elements Meditation and Mindfulness of Breathing
1. Purification of Virtue(sīlavisuddhi)
Access Concentration
2. Purification of Consciousness(cittavisuddhi)
Absorption Concentration
3. Purification of View(diţţhivisuddhi)
Dependant Origination
(paticca-samuppāda)
C = Characteristic (lakkhana)F = Function (rasa)M = Manifestation (paccupaţţhāna)A = Approximate Cause (padaţţhāna)
5. Purification by Knowledge
& Vision of What is &
What is Not Path
(maggāmaggañāna-dassanavisuddhi)
6. Purification by Knowledge & Vision of Way(patipadāñānadassana-
visuddhi)
7. Purification by Supramundane Knowledge & Vision(ñānadassanavisuddhi)
4. Purification by Overcoming Doubt(kankhāvitarana-
visuddhi)
(4) … of arising and passing away (udayabbayañāna)(3) the knowledge of comprehension (sammasanañāna)
Classification of the Transparent and Opaque particles in each of the 6 sense bases and the 32-10 body parts. Discerning the ultimate materiality and their properties in each kind of particle.
Insight Meditatio
n
10 Precepts
5 Precepts or 8 Precepts + Loving-Kindness (Navanga Uposatha)
BEING EXERCISED IN PA-AUK FOREST MONASTERY, PA-AUK VILLAGE, MAWLAMYINE TOWNSHIP, MON STATE, UNION OF MYANMAR
Patimokkha5 Restraint
pātimokkhasamvarasīlam
Purification of Livelihood
ājīvapārisuddhisīlam
Restraint of Sense Faculties
indriyasamvarasīlam
Reflecting on the Use of Requisites
paccayasannissitasīlam
The 4-Element MeditationEarth, Water, Fire and Air
Mindfulness of BreathingIn-and-Out Breath
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(2) the knowledge of discerning cause & condition (paccayapariggahañāna)
Virtue of Theravada monks
Counterpart Sign (Patibhaga-nimitta)
Learning Sign (Uggaha-nimitta)Preparatory Sign (Parikamma-
nimitta)
Discernment of Mentality
(namā-kammaţţhāna)
Discernment of Materiality
(rūpa-kammaţţhāna)
Discerning C, F, M & A of
namā & rūpaThe First MethodThe Fifth Method
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RODMRCRQBLKM
4th Jhana3rd Jhana2nd Jhana1st Jhana
White KasinaSkeleton
meditation32 parts of the
body
RODMRCRQBLKMWhite KasinaSkeleton meditation32 parts of the body4th Jhana3rd Jhana2nd Jhana1st Jhana
iv) Knowledge4
iii) Knowledge3
ii) Knowledge2
i) Knowledge1
(13) … of change of lineage (gotrabhuñāna)(12) … of conformity (anulomañāna)(11) … of equanimity (sankhār’upekkhāñāna)(10) … of reflection (patisankhāñāna)(9) … of desire of deliverance (muñcitukamyatāñāna)(8) … of disenchantment (nibbidāñāna)(7) … of danger (ādīnavañāna)(6) … of terror (bhayañāna)(5) … of dissolution (bhangañāna)
(16) the knowledge of reviewing (paccavekkhanañāna)(15) the fruition knowledge (phalañāna)(14) the path knowledge (maggañāna)
ROD = Recollection of Death (maranānussati)MRC = Meditation on the Repulsiveness of Corpses (asubha bhāvanā)ROB = Recollection of the Qualities of the Buddha (Buddhānusati)LKM = Loving-Kindness meditation (mettā)
Virtue of Theravada nuns Virtue of laymen
1 = the knowledge that discerns materiality2 = the knowledge that discerns mentality3 = the knowledge that discerns both mentality and materiality4 = the knowledge that understands there is no person, being
or soul but only mentality and materiality5 = 227 rules for monks
(1) The Knowledge of Analysing Mentality & Materiality(nāmarūpaparicchedañāna)
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