Which
Meditation Objects induce The State of No-Return?
The
Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, and Friends, from the cultivation and making much of The idea of a Skeleton;
The idea of a Worm-eaten Corpse; The idea of a Pale Bluish Discoloured Corpse;
The idea of a Cleaved and Cut-up Corpse; The idea of a Bloated
and Inflated Corpse;
The thought of Universal Friendliness; The thought of Boundless Pity; The thought of Mutual Joy;
The thought of Imperturbable Equanimity; The training of Aware Breathing-in
and Breathing-out;
The notion of Disgust; The inevitable
Death; The Dispassion and Dislike with all worldly phenomena;
The fact of inherent Impermanence; The fact of immanent Misery
and Pain in all worldly phenomena;
The fact of intrinsic Egolessness;
The state of Leaving Behind, of Release, and the state of Ceasing!
One of two effects, one of two fruits may be expected even in this very life: Awakening to Arahatship
or Non-Return... Such training therefore results in a Great Benefit; in a Great Peace
from all mental
Bondage, in a Great Thrill, in a Great Pleasure of Living! How, friends, should these ideas be cultivated,
how should these ideas be
made much of, so as to reach these 2 fruits?
In this,
any Noble Friend trains and cultivates the:
The
Awareness ... of No-Self, (see note # below)
The
Investigation ... of No-Self,
The
Energy ... of No-Self,
The
Joy ... of No-Self,
The
Tranquillity ... of No-Self,
The
Concentration ... of No-Self,
The
Equanimity ... of No-Self,
All based on seclusion, based on detachment, based on ceasing, ending in
total self-surrender...
If these ideas are thus cultivated, thus made much of, thus joined with
the 7 links to Awakening,
one may look for one of these two fruits even in this very life:
Realization of Disciple-Buddhahood,
or if there are any remaining substrate of clinging left back, in all
cases: The state of No-Return!
# Note:
And any of these other classic meditation
objects in the list should be substituted here, so that
all
these meditation objects are properly joined and fused with
the 7 links to
Awakening.
The Non-Returner (Anāgāmī)
is a
Noble Disciple (ariya-puggala)
on the 3rd stage of
holiness:
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/a/anagami.htm
Source:
Samyutta Nikāya V, Maha Vagga: Great Benefits: The state of
No-Return! Anāgāmi
