Guest guest Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 Friends: The Four Grades of Vision: The Blessed Buddha said: In this some recluse or priest by means of alert & energetic effort enthusiasm, proper rational attention & concentrated focus reachesabsorption on this sole thought: In this foul body of disgusting things enclosed by skin, there are head & body hairs, nails, teeth, skin, flesh,sinews, bones, marrow, kidneys, heart, liver, pleura, spleen, lungs, mesentery, intestines, stomach, excrement, bile, lymph, pus, blood,sweat, fat, tears, tallow, spittle, snot, urine & joint-fluid.This is the first attainment of Vision... Having done this and gone beyond it, he regards & perceives any body,own & others, as only a set of bones covered with flesh, vessels & skin. This is the second attainment of Vision... Having done this and gone further, he comes to understand & directly experience this continuous sequence of discrete conscious momentsestablished & manifesting both in this world and the other worlds.This is the third attainment of Vision... Finally, having done this & gone even further than beyond that, he comes to understand & directly experience this unbroken stream of consciousnessneither established nor manifesting in this world nor in any other world.This is the fourth attainment of Vision... Source: The Exhaustive Speeches by the Buddha. Digha Nikaya III 105-5http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=25103http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/digha/index.html Friendship is the Greatest ! Bhikkhu Samāhita, Sri Lanka. http://groups.msn.com/DirectDhamma Buddha-Direct http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/TrueDhamma What_Buddha_Said Dhamma-Questions sent to my email are quite Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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