Friday, June 10, 2022

🔗📝 collection of notes on DN 2

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● DN 2 - 🔗🔊 75m, Sāmañña-phala: recluseship-fruits:
        The Buddha's most detailed gradual training description, with beautiful similes for each part. includes:
        DN 24.3 - The Finer Fruits of the Ascetic Life
        DN 24.3.2 - undistractible-lucidity and (similes for removing 5niv⛅)
            DN 24.3.2.5 - First jhāna ↔ bathman, ball of soap powder
            DN 24.3.2.6 - Second jhāna ↔ lake with spring jets
            DN 24.3.2.7 - Third jhāna ↔ pond with lotus submerged
            DN 24.3.2.8 - Fourth jhāna ↔ man covered with white cloth
        DN 24.3.3 - Eight Knowledges (instead of normal 6!)
            DN 24.3.3.1 - Knowledge and Vision (4 elements) ↔ string of colored beads
            DN 24.3.3.2 - Mind-Made Body ↔ reed and sheathe
            DN 24.3.3.3 - Psychic Powers
            DN 24.3.3.4 - Clairaudience
            DN 24.3.3.5 - Comprehending the Minds of Others
            DN 24.3.3.6 - Recollection of Past Lives
            DN 24.3.3.7 - Clairvoyance
            DN 24.3.3.8 - Ending of Defilements



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DN 2 concise proof that rūpa and kāya is the meditator's physical body in four jhānas, tie in to 8 vimokkha and 8 abhibhayatana






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