Base Seven is the way to assess the result on one’s Citta due to following the Path (Magga) The Path is the actions which one performs; the result (Phala), is the reaping of the reward...

Then one attains the following four states leading to Transcendental Consciousness: 1 Preparatory (Parikamma)...

Similarly, the ear with sounds, is the form-aggregate and the consciousness which arises from them is the mind-aggregate...

Similarly, the ear with sounds, is the form-aggregate and the consciousness which arises from them is the mind-aggregate...

Why can people not sit longer in Samadhi practice Guarding the moralities practising Samadhi and using Wisdom to investigate the formations are all good...

The Heart-Base (Hadayavatthu) is the assembly place of the Formations (Sankhara) It is the place they all gather together...

If one wants to be born into the realms of the Brahma Gods (Brahmaloka), one should be constantly on one’s guard to prevent deterioration...

When the Adopting-Moment arises in any of the foregoing conditions, one departs from the Formed-Symbols (Sankhara-Nimitta), which is the same as quelling the Aggregates (Upadhi-Viveka)...

The second stage is included so that one may know the purpose of doing the practice, which is: 1 To drop thoughts, and to stop thinking about external objects...

The ceasing of all thought and the dying away of the formations-of-Speech (Vaci-Sankhara) are the identifying marks of the second Jhana...