Tuesday, July 23, 2019

unleashing the 7sb dragon

Dragon hidden underwater

If one doesn't practice 4sp remembering faculty assiduously, it's like a dormant dragon hidden underwater. Cool image here, notice the ying yang ☯ embedded.

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If you practice 4sp intermittently

It's like the dragon pokes it's head out of the water occasionally

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If you practice 4sp assiduously, and slurp in 7sb

The hidden dragon steps out of the water, the whole body (7sb), not just the head (sati) is out in the open and ready to rumble.

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If you get the hang of maintaining passadhi all the time while doing 7sb

Then 4 jhanas and samadhi are almost permanently switched on, and your dragon has taken flight.
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SN 46.1 Himavantasutta: The Himalayas




♦ “ye te, bhikkhave, bhikkhÅ« navā
“Monks, the new monks—
acira-pabbajitā
those who have not long gone forth,
adhunāgatā imaṃ dhamma-vinayaṃ,
who are newcomers in this Dhamma & Vinaya—
te vo, bhikkhave, bhikkhū
For those monks,
catunnaṃ satipaṭṭhānānaṃ
(regarding the) four remembrance-establishings,
bhāvanāya samādapetabbā nivesetabbā patiṭṭhāpetabbā.
should be encouraged, exhorted, & established (by you).
katamesaṃ catunnaṃ?
“Which four?
etha tumhe, āvuso,
‘Come, friends.
kāye kāy-ānupassino viharatha
(the) body as-the-body(he) continuously-sees; (he) abides [in that way]:
ātāpino sampajānā ekodibhūtā
(he is) ardent, a lucid-discerner, transcended-into-singularity,
vippasanna-cittā
clear-minded,
samāhitā
(having become) undistractible-&-lucid,
ek'-agga-cittā,
(with) single-preoccupation-(in)-mind,
kāyassa yathā-bhÅ«taṃ ñāṇāya;
{for-the-knowledge-of} (the) body as-it-actually-is;
vedanāsu vedanānupassino viharatha
experienced-sensations as-experienced-sensations(he) continuously-sees; (he) abides [in that way]:
ātāpino sampajānā ekodibhūtā
(he is) ardent, a lucid-discerner, transcended-into-singularity,
vippasanna-cittā
clear-minded,
samāhitā
(having become) undistractible-&-lucid,
ek'-agga-cittā,
(with) single-preoccupation-(in)-mind,
vedanānaṃ yathābhÅ«taṃ ñāṇāya
{for-the-knowledge-of} experienced-sensations as-it-actually-is;
citte cittānupassino viharatha
(the) mind as-the-mind(he) continuously-sees; (he) abides [in that way]:
ātāpino sampajānā ekodibhūtā
(he is) ardent, a lucid-discerner, transcended-into-singularity,
vippasanna-cittā
clear-minded,
samāhitā
(having become) undistractible-&-lucid,
ek'-agga-cittā,
(with) single-preoccupation-(in)-mind,
cittassa yathābhÅ«taṃ ñāṇāya;
{for-the-knowledge-of} (the) mind as-it-actually-is;
dhammesu dhammānupassino viharatha
(the) Dhamma as-the-Dhamma(he) continuously-sees; (he) abides [in that way]:
ātāpino sampajānā ekodibhūtā
(he is) ardent, a lucid-discerner, transcended-into-singularity,
vippasanna-cittā
clear-minded,
samāhitā
(having become) undistractible-&-lucid,
ek'-agga-cittā,
(with) single-preoccupation-(in)-mind,
dhammānaṃ yathābhÅ«taṃ ñāṇāya.
{for-the-knowledge-of} Dhamma as-it-actually-is;













































Destruction of the Āsavas, from Māra's point of view:









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