updated V&V bird simile corruption by Vism. with some images

continued from the original article:
https://notesonthedhamma.blogspot.com/2020/02/v-vitakka-vicara-simile-of-bird.html

Here are some more images to illustrate the dangers of Vism. redefinition of jhāna and vitakka and vicara:

In the vism. version of the simile of the bird,
the initial flapping of the wings taking off is vitakka.

But look what happens if instead of using the EBT version of vicara, which has the meaning of exploring, we instead use Vism. version of vicara and appana samadhi. Instead of being pacified but alert (ready to act if necessary), the Vism. jhana wants you to shut off your 5 senses (ability to see, hear, think), stop all bodily and mental motion putting you into a frozen blanked out mental state.

This is what happens to that Vism. bird:

In Genuine EBT jhāna the bird would easily avoid that situation

because vicāra, functioning as Dhamma-vicaya-sambojjhanga, would lucidly discern the moment to moment situation, and take appropriate measures by using upekkha (equanimous observation), sati & vitakka (sati -sambojjhanga) to switch to a different Dharma meditation instruction to handle the hindrance.

Another meaning of the simile is this:

Not only does the Vism. jhāna meditator harm himself, if they become a popular teacher, they take down a lot of innocent students with them on the passenger plane.