..續本文上一頁fering and non-self and many more things. At this point the mind enters the peaceful state of samatha - jhana. Body and self (atta) disappear and only a bright, floating mind is left.

　　Sometimes the mind sends rays of light to the outside world. The meditator sees all kind of things like mountains, rivers, ghosts, animals, humans and many more things which exist in the universe. But the mind is no more self, it floates in space as the sun does. From time to time its rays lighten up things in the universe. One should not think that the mind doesn”t know anything in this state. The knowledge happening in this state simply does not judge or name anything (sammuti). It sees the world but does not call it a world, it sees living beings but does not name them. When the Buddha”s mind reached this state He attained the knowledge of reviewing His and others” past existences (pubbenivasanussati-ñana). So, no one should say that a mind on the “Samatha Way” doesn”t have any knowledge. There is no reason to fear that the mind has entered this way.

　　We practise to gain knowledge through our mind. If the mind becomes one, then we have to take care that it doesn”t get attached. One has to determine to let go of things. If this determination isn”t strong, we won”t be able to let go. Only a strong determination can change the mind to work correctly. Letting go will become an automatic function of the mind.

　　Morality, mind and wisdom have to do their duty. If these three factors do their duty correct, then they build together one power called sativinayo. This sativinayo should be the leading power. The Buddha taught that carelessness or the absence of mindfulness is the cause for unwholesome (akusala) kamma to arise. Mindfulness leads us to accomplish wholesome (kusala) kamma. So, if we develop concentration (samadhi), attain to the state of absorption (jhana) and insight knowledge (ñana) - we gain this through mindfulness (sati). No problem will arise in our meditation, if we understand that we have to develop right mindfulness.

　　What now is wrong view (micchaditthi) and what is right view (sammaditthi)

　　 It”s not neccesary to think much about this. There is a simple way to prove this. Everything we know and are able to let go of, so that no attachment, no conflicts and no problems arise in our mind - this is sammaditthi. Everything leading to attachment, self-belief, problems and conflicts - like trying to use one”s knowledge to look into other people”s mind and wanting to solve their problems and even blame them - all these are micchaditthi. It leads to unwholesome kamma for oneself. In short, we know and let go - that”s right view.

　　If knowledge arises and we get attached, wanting to know - what is that...

　　 why is it so...

　　 - then we can know it”s defilements asking. If those questions arise - let go of them and do not care further about them. Know that it”s a habit of the mind which we cultivated for a long time, this “wanting to know”. If we really want to know, we should watch with mindfulness, without thinking. We know what arises and we know what ceases - we only know. Let go of wanting to see, wanting to know. Things come and go in the mind, do not try to sort out all these things. If mindfulness is strong, it will be able to know what things are about.

　　Sometimes it might happen that we sit down to meditate and because we want to develop wisdom, we think - this is impermanence, this is suffering, this shows non-self - but the mind quickly becomes calm and there is only calmness left. If there is knowledge arising, or seeing, or calmness, mindfulness or deep insight - all of these are results of our practice, we cannot influence this. The only thing we can do is set up the right causes. We support the arising of knowledge and insight. We do this in three ways: first - we determine to be mindful, the mind knows, mindfulness knows; second - we determine to think or consider, for example a physician uses the knowledge he studied to consider an object, this we call vicara; third - if thinking arises, we allow the mind to think but we use mindfulness to know all the time.

　　If one practises meditation like that, then by itself the practice will progress!

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