1. 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 Meditation 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 Patimokkha 5 Restraint pātimokkhasamvarasīlam Purification of Livelihood ājīvapārisuddhisīlam Restraint of Sense Faculties indriyasamvarasīlam Reflecting on the Use of Requisites paccayasannissitasīlam The 4-Element Meditation Earth, Water, Fire and Air Mindfulness of Breathing In-and-Out Breath bright or clear white colour light grey (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 & r ū pa The First Method The Fifth Method bright or clear white colour light grey ROD MRC RQB LKM 4 th Jhana 3 rd Jhana 2 nd Jhana 1 st Jhana White Kasina Skeleton meditation 32 parts of the body ROD MRC RQB LKM White Kasina Skeleton meditation 32 parts of the body 4 th Jhana 3 rd Jhana 2 nd Jhana 1 st Jhana iv) Knowledge 4 iii) Knowledge 3 ii) Knowledge 2 i) Knowledge 1 (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 materiality 2 = the knowledge that discerns mentality 3 = the knowledge that discerns both mentality and materiality 4 = the knowledge that understands there is no person, being or soul but only mentality and materiality 5 = 227 rules for monks (1) The Knowledge of Analysing Mentality & Materiality (nāmarūpa paricchedañāna)