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 Explanation of the Seventh Stage Part 4Meeting the Buddha is like finding a pure gem, but being unable to receive the taste of the good Dhamma which gives rise to profit and gain is like intending to keep the gem for use in the next life. This is the type of demerit which is due to... Short AphorismsThe following are the sayings of some of the wisest of men, which are put down in order that one may clearly see the way to go:
1. One who is watchful of all his actions of body, speech and mind, is clearly aware of those actions which are of benefit... Short Aphorisms Part 27. The belief that we ourselves exist, and that other things belong to us, are, in the ultimate sense (paramattha), both wrong notions, because one cannot find nor come to know either of them.
8. The five aggregates have Belief-in-Self (Ahamkara) as their bounds of existence and as that which causes... Short Aphorisms Part 316. Liberation [Moksha] is understood to be the attainment of the unchanaing, in which there is no Self [Atta and Atman] and no Aggregates.
If you understand that this is what is meant by Liberation, and that it is the desirable state, then why do you not let go of the... Explanation of the Sixth Stage Part 3The Characteristic-of-Impermanence then becomes apparent. In other words, when the Citta has become steady or fixed, it will see the Citta which is unsteady (or impermanent).
If. one can stop thoughts, one will see that all evil comes from thoughts. This is like a man who has given up taking drugs... Explanation of the Sixth Stage Part 6When one has stopped thoughts in the three times, knowledge still remains, and its nature is quite stable. It does not cease except when one lies down and goes to sleep, or one dies, or when the Noble Disciple (Ariya) enters the state of the cessation of consciousness (Nirodha). The... Explanation of the Sixth Stage Part 7The Aggregates as Oneself and the Aggregates Correctly Understood
Concerning the truth of suffering it arises and ceases within the Aggregates which are on their own Do not becom involved with them; beware of the cause of suffering, for it will in due course give rise to suffering; therefore leave them... Explanation of the Sixth Stage Part 88. Understanding-as-Equanimity-for-All-Formations (Sankhar-Upekkha-Nana). This means, that because one cannot prevent the aggregates becoming old, getting sick, and dying on their own accord; one should let go of them and allow them to follow their natural condition. This is also called:
9. Understanding-as-Adaptation (Anuloma-Nana), which is the highest form of understanding.
The above... Explanation of the Sixth Stage Part 9Then one attains the following four states leading to Transcendental Consciousness:
1. Preparatory (Parikamma). This is the state when one's heart-base has still not abandoned the Formations (Sankhara). The formations arise when mindfulness slips and when the Citta of the Sensual Realm connected with under-standing, dies away, which means that it... Explanation Of The Seventh Stage Part 3One who practises correctly does not cling tightly to things, because all things (Dhamma) have the quality of Non-Self. (Anatta-or non-entity).
As to the abandoning of demerit, there are firstly, demeritorious actions which are in accordance with one's natural tendencies; and, secondly, the types which are in accordance with the conventions...
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