..续本文上一页 But where “SAMADHI DEVELOPS WISDOM”, it is probable that a nimitta will appear in nearly every case, because this kind of citta drops into a concentrated state very quickly; like a person who falls into a well or pit, he does so because he is not careful and falls suddenly. Thus the citta drops down all at once and reaches its resting place, then it retreats from there and comes to know various things, and at that moment a nimitta appears. This is the way it occurs in nearly all such people whose citta is of this type.

　　 But whatever type of samadhi is developed, wisdom is always the thing that is important. When one has withdrawn from samadhi, one must contemplate the elements (dhatu) and the khandhas with wisdom, because wisdom and samadhi are a “Dhamma pair” which go together and cannot be separated. So if samadhi does not progress sufficiently, one must use wisdom to assist it. This is the end of the section dealing with Upacara Samadhi.

　　 It should be understood that samadhi of all types is what aids and supports the development of wisdom, and the extent to which it does this depends on the strength of one”s samadhi. In other words, samadhi which is gross, middling, or subtle, aids and supports wisdom which is gross, middling, or subtle respectively, and it is up to a wise person to turn his samadhi to use by developing wisdom. But generally speaking, whatever type of samadhi is attained, one who practises meditation is likely to become attached to it, because when the citta drops into a concentrated state and while it rests there, a state of calm and happiness is present. It can be said that in being attached to samadhi, or calm, the citta has no problems while it remains concentrated, and can remain at rest for as long as one wishes, depending on the level of one”s samadhi.

　　 An important thing is that, when the citta has withdrawn, it still longs for its state of repose although one has enough calm to meditate using wisdom – and one”s calm is sufficient so that one should be able to use wisdom very effectively. But one still tries to stay in a state of calm, without being at all interested in the development of wisdom. This is becoming addicted to samadhi and being unable to withdraw from it in order to go further.

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