The
Blessed Buddha once said: Bhikkhus, & Friends, from the cultivation and making much of
The idea of a Skeleton;
The idea of a Worm-eaten Corpse; The idea of a Pale Bluish Discoloured Corpse;
The idea of a Cleaved & Cut-up Corpse; The idea of a Bloated & Inflated Corpse;
The thought of Universal Friendliness; The thought of Boundless Pity; The thought of Mutual Joy;
The thought of Imperturbable Equanimity; The training of Aware Breathing-in & Breathing-out; The notion of Disgust;
The inevitable Death; The Dispassion of Dislike with all in World; The fact of inherent Impermanence; The fact of immanent Misery & Pain;
The fact of intrinsic Egolessness; The state of Leaving Behind;
The state of Release; The state of Ceasing! One of two effects, one of two fruits may be expected even
in this very life: Awakening to Arahatship or Non-Return... Such training therefore results in a Great Benefit; in a Great Peace
from all mental Bondage, in a Great Thrill, in a Great Pleasure of
Living!!! How, friends, should these ideas be cultivated, how should these ideas be
made much of,
so as to reach these fruits? In this,
any Noble Friend trains and cultivates the: The
Awareness ... of No-Self, (see note # below) The
Investigation ... of No-Self, The
Energy ... of No-Self, The
Joy ... of No-Self, The
Tranquillity ... of No-Self, The
Concentration ... of No-Self, The
Equanimity ... of No-Self, All based on seclusion, based on detachment, based on ceasing, ending in
self-surrender. If these ideas is thus cultivated, thus made much of, thus joined with
the 7 links to Awakening, one may look for one of these two fruits even in this very life:
Realization of Disciple-Buddhahood, or if there are any remaining substrate of clinging left back, in all
cases: The state of No-Return!
Source:
Samyutta Nikāya V, Maha Vagga: Great Benefits: The state of
No-Return! Anāgāmi
# Note: And any of the others in the list should be substituted here so that
all these 19 meditations are properly joined and fused with the 7 links to
Awakening.
