..续本文上一页al craving (raga tanha) which is one aspect of the outgoing exuberance of the heart. One”s heart will then become progressively more calm and subtle.

　　It is important when parts of the body appear, that one should not ignore them and let them pass by without interest, nor must one be afraid of them, but one should fix them right in front of one then and there.

　　When a person who practises meditation has seen this body until it has truly become fixed in his heart, he will feel wearied of himself and will feel the sorrow and misery of himself so that he is horrified and shocked. In addition, the heart of a person to whom the body appears, and who faces up to it while practising meditation will be able to attain Samadhi very quickly, and the practice of seeing the body will make his wisdom clear at the same time as his heart becomes calm.5

　　A person who does not see the parts of the body should understand that all preparatory meditation (Parikamma Bhavana) is for the purpose of leading the Citta to a state of both calm and happiness, so one should not feel doubtful about any of these methods that they will not lead the Citta to a state of calm, and later on to see danger6 with wisdom. One must be determined in whichever meditation one is practising, and repeat whichever preparatory repetition suits one, without becoming disheartened nor feeling like giving up.

　　It should be realised that whichever method of meditation is practised, it leads to the same goal as all the other methods, and it should also be realised that all these methods of Dhamma will lead the heart to peace and happiness in other words, to NIBBANA which is the final goal of all types of meditation development. Therefore one must do one”s own meditation practice and not be concerned about other types of meditation, otherwise one will be in a state of doubt and uncertainty, and unable to decide which of them is the right way, which would be a constant obstacle to one”s Citta, thus preventing one from carrying out one”s original resolve.

　　5 Because one is using parts of the body as one”s Kammatthana, once the Samadhi develops, wisdom will automatically develop, seeing the true nature of the body as Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta and loathsome. In other types of practice, such as Anapanasati, it is necessary to make the effort to turn towards contemplations of the body and such like, once Samadhi is developed, but with contemplation of the body it is inherently part of the practice.

　　6 Danger means the danger of this body which may die at any time from any one of many causes, and also the danger of the defilements (Kilesas) which may lead one to bad or terrible realms and births.

　　Instead, one must determine that one will be really mindful in the practice, and one must not arrange Sila, samadhi, and Panna in any special order, nor let them go away from the heart, because the defilements (Kilesa) of passion, hate, delusion, and the rest, dwell in the heart and nobody has arranged them in order.7 When one thinks in wrong and faulty ways, it arouses the defilements in one”s heart. One does not decide nor arrange that this one will come earlier, and that one later, for if it is a defilement immediately one thinks wrongly, and whatever type it is, so it arises, and they all make one troubled or passionate in the same way. The defilements are always bound to be of this nature, and it is of no consequence in which order they arise for all of them are able to make one troubled and passionate.

　　Therefore in curing the defilements, one must not wait to develop Sila first, then Samadhi second, and Pannya(wisdom) third

　　which may be called: developing Samadhi stage by stage for this is always in the past and future and one would never be able to attain calm and happiness.

　　7 This passage means that one must not develop Sila, Samadhi and Pannya concurrently, because the Kilesas arise higgledy-piggledy, and at any time one may require the methods of either Sila, Samadhi or Pannya to cure particular types of Kilesas. Thus one could not successfully deal with more than a part of the arising Kilesas if one were to develop these three in order, one after the other.

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