Part II. Concentration (Samādhi)

• Taking a Meditation Subject
  • 1 (i) What is concentration?
  • 2 (ii) In what sense is it concentration?
  • 3 (iii) What are its characteristic, etc.?
  • 4 (iv) How many kinds of concentration are there?
  • 5 (v), (vi) What are the defiling and the cleansing of it?
  • 6 (vii) How is it developed?
  • 7 A. Development in Brief
  • 8 B. Development in Detail
    • 8.1 The ten impediments
    • 8.2 Meditation subjects etc.
    • 8.3 The good friend
    • 8.4 Temperaments
      • 8.4.1 Source of temperaments
      • 8.4.2 Recognition of temperament
      • 8.4.3 What suits one of what kind of temperament?
    • 8.5 Definition of meditation subjects
    • 8.6 Self-dedication
    • 8.7 Ways of expounding
• The Earth Kasiṇa
  • 1 The eighteen faults of a monastery
  • 2 The five factors of the resting place
  • 3 The lesser impediments
  • 4 Detailed instructions for development
  • 5 The earth kasiṇa
    • 5.1 Making an earth kasiṇa
    • 5.2 Starting contemplation
    • 5.3 The counterpart sign
  • 6 The two kinds of concentration
  • 7 Guarding the sign
  • 8 The ten kinds of skill in absorption
  • 9 Balancing the effort
    • 9.1 The five similes
  • 10 Absorption in the cognitive series
  • 11 The first jhāna
  • 12 Extension of the sign
  • 13 Mastery in five ways
  • 14 The second jhāna
  • 15 The third jhāna
  • 16 The fourth jhāna
  • 17 The fivefold reckoning of jhāna
• The Remaining Kasiṇas
  • 1 The Water Kasiṇa
  • 2 The Fire Kasiṇa
  • 3 The Air Kasiṇa
  • 4 The Blue Kasiṇa
  • 5 The Yellow Kasiṇa
  • 6 The Red Kasiṇa
  • 7 The White Kasiṇa
  • 8 The Light Kasiṇa
  • 9 The Limited-Space Kasiṇa
  • 10 General
• Foulness as a Meditation Subject
  • 1 General Definitions
  • 2 The Bloated
  • 3 The Livid
  • 4 The Festering
  • 5 The Cut Up
  • 6 The Gnawed
  • 7 The Scattered
  • 8 The Hacked and Scattered
  • 9 The Bleeding
  • 10 The Worm-Infested
  • 11 A Skeleton
  • 12 General
• Six Recollections
  • 1 (1) Recollection of the Enlightened One
    • 1.1 Accomplished
    • 1.2 Dependent origination
    • 1.3 Fully Enlightened
    • 1.4 Endowed With Clear Vision and Virtuous Conduct
    • 1.5 Sublime
    • 1.6 Knower of Worlds
    • 1.7 Incomparable Leader of Men to be Tamed
    • 1.8 Teacher of Gods and Men
    • 1.9 Enlightened
    • 1.10 Blessed
  • 2 (2) Recollection of the Dhamma
    • 2.1 Well Proclaimed
    • 2.2 Visible Here and Now
    • 2.3 Not Delayed
    • 2.4 Inviting of Inspection
    • 2.5 Onward-Leading
    • 2.6 Is Directly Experienceable by the Wise
  • 3 (3) Recollection of the Saṅgha
    • 3.1 Entered on the Good, Straight, True, Proper Way
    • 3.2 Fit for Gifts
    • 3.3 Fit for Hospitality
    • 3.4 Fit for Offering
    • 3.5 Fit for Salutation
    • 3.6 As an Incomparable Field of Merit for the World
  • 4 (4) Recollection of Virtue
  • 5 (5) Recollection of Generosity
  • 6 (6) Recollection of Deities
  • 7 General
• Other Recollections as Meditation Subjects
  • 1 (7) Mindfulness of Death
    • 1.1 Definitions
    • 1.2 Development
    • 1.3 Eight ways of recollecting death
      • 1.3.1 Having the appearance of a murderer
      • 1.3.2 Ruin of success
      • 1.3.3 By comparison
      • 1.3.4 Sharing of the body with many
      • 1.3.5 Fraility of life
      • 1.3.6 Signless
      • 1.3.7 Limitedness of the extend
      • 1.3.8 Shortness of the moment
    • 1.4 Conclusion
  • 2 (8) Mindfulness Occupied with the Body
    • 2.1 Text
    • 2.2 Word Commentary
    • 2.3 Development
      • 2.3.1 The Sevenfold Skill in Learning
      • 2.3.2 The Tenfold Skill in Giving Attention
      • 2.3.3 Starting the Practice
      • 2.3.4 The Thirty-two Aspects in Detail
        • 2.3.4.1 Head Hairs
        • 2.3.4.2 Body Hairs
        • 2.3.4.3 Nails
        • 2.3.4.4 Teeth
        • 2.3.4.5 Skin (Taca)
        • 2.3.4.6 Flesh
        • 2.3.4.7 Sinews
        • 2.3.4.8 Bones
        • 2.3.4.9 Bone Marrow
        • 2.3.4.10 Kidney
        • 2.3.4.11 Heart
        • 2.3.4.12 Liver
        • 2.3.4.13 Midriff
        • 2.3.4.14 Spleen
        • 2.3.4.15 Lungs
        • 2.3.4.16 Bowel
        • 2.3.4.17 Entrails (Mesentery)
        • 2.3.4.18 Gorge
        • 2.3.4.19 Dung
        • 2.3.4.20 Brain
        • 2.3.4.21 Bile
        • 2.3.4.22 Phlegm
        • 2.3.4.23 Pus
        • 2.3.4.24 Blood
        • 2.3.4.25 Sweat
        • 2.3.4.26 Fat
        • 2.3.4.27 Tears
        • 2.3.4.28 Grease
        • 2.3.4.29 Spittle
        • 2.3.4.30 Snot
        • 2.3.4.31 Oil of the Joints
        • 2.3.4.32 Urine
      • 2.3.5 The Arising of Absorption
  • 3 (9) Mindfulness of Breathing
    • 3.1 Text
    • 3.2 Word Commentary
    • 3.3 Word Commentary Continued—First Tetrad
      • 3.3.1 Method of Development
        • 3.3.1.1 Counting
        • 3.3.1.2 Connection
        • 3.3.1.3 Touching & fixing
        • 3.3.1.4 Observing … turning away
    • 3.4 Word Commentary Continued—Second Tetrad
    • 3.5 Word Commentary Continued—Third Tetrad
    • 3.6 Word Commentary Continued—Fourth Tetrad
    • 3.7 Conclusion
  • 4 (10) Recollection of Peace
• The Divine Abidings
  • 1 (1) Loving-Kindness
    • 1.1 Getting Rid of Resentment
    • 1.2 The Breaking Down of the Barriers—The Sign
    • 1.3 Texts and Commentary
  • 2 (2) Compassion
  • 3 (3) Gladness
  • 4 (4) Equanimity
  • 5 General
    • 5.1 Meanings
    • 5.2 Characteristic etc.
    • 5.3 Purpose
    • 5.4 The Near and Far Enemies
    • 5.5 The Beginning, Middle and End, Etc.
    • 5.6 The Order in Extension
    • 5.7 The Outcome
    • 5.8 Four Questions
    • 5.9 As Producing Three Jhānas and Four Jhānas
    • 5.10 The Highest Limit of Each
• The Immaterial States
  • 1 (1) The Base Consisting of Boundless Space
    • 1.1 Text and commentary
  • 2 (2) The Base Consisting of Boundless Consciousness
    • 2.1 Text and commentary
  • 3 (3) The Base Consisting of Nothingness
    • 3.1 Text and commentary
  • 4 (4) The Base Consisting of Neither Perception nor Non-Perception
    • 4.1 Text and commentary
  • 5 General
• Concentration—Conclusion: Nutriment and the Elements
  • 1 Perception of Repulsiveness in Nutriment
  • 2 Defining of The Elements
    • 2.1 Word Definitions
    • 2.2 Texts and Commentary in Brief
    • 2.3 In Detail
    • 2.4 Method of Development in Brief
    • 2.5 Method of Development in Detail
      • 2.5.1 (1) With Constituents in Brief
      • 2.5.2 (2) With Constituents by Analysis
      • 2.5.3 (3) With Characteristics in Brief
      • 2.5.4 (4) With Characteristics by Analysis
    • 2.6 Additional Ways of Giving Attention
  • 3 Development of Concentration—Conclusion
    • 3.1 The Benefits of Developing Concentration
• The Supernormal Powers
  • 1 The Benefits of Concentration (Continued)
  • 2 The five kinds of direct-knowledge
  • 3 (1) The Kinds of Supernormal Power
    • 3.1 Supernormal power as resolve
    • 3.2 Supernormal power as transformation
    • 3.3 Supernormal power as mind-made body
• Other Direct-knowledges
  • 1 (2) The Divine Ear Element
  • 2 (3) Penetration of Minds
  • 3 (4) Recollection of Past Lives
  • 4 (5) The Divine Eye—Knowledge of Passing Away and Reappearance of Beings
  • 5 General