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

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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)