Friday, September 4, 2009

The different kinds of peaceful state

There are different kinds of pleasure in the world.They are described in ascending order.
1) Enjoy the pleasure coming from six sense door (eye,ear,nose,tongue,body and mind) e.g watching movie, listening music,playing game, smelling perfurme, eating delicious food,etc ..........

2) Enjoy the pleasant mind of donation to different kind of people e.g donate food,clothes and money to charity, poor people, disable people,etc

3) Enjoy the pleasant mind of keeping or avoid the break of the percepts (Sila in Pali) e.g.right speech,right acton,right livelihood, five percepts,eight percepts,etc... e.g maintain the standard of morality by way of a promise to refain from killing sentient beings,stealing others properties,etc

4) Enjoy the Samatha-kammaṭṭhāna or developing of power of concentration of mind
e.g 1. Mettā: loving-kindness,
2. Karuṇā: compassion,
3. Muditā: altruistic joy (in the attainments of others),
4. Upekkhā: perfect equanimity

5) Enjoy from first to fourth stages of Jhana or developing of power of very deeply concentration of mind

(a) In the first jhāna five distinct constituents are present; they are:–
1. Vitakka (initial application),
2. Vicāra (sustained application),
3. Pīti (rapture),
4. Sukha (happiness), and
5. Ekaggatā (one-pointedness).

b) In the second jhāna four distinct constituents are present; they are:–
2. Vicāra (sustained application),
3. Pīti (rapture),
4. Sukha (happiness), and
5. Ekaggatā (one-pointedness).

c) In the third jhāna three distinct constituents are present; they are:–
3. Pīti (rapture),
4. Sukha (happiness), and
5. Ekaggatā (one-pointedness).

d) In the fourth jhāna two distinct constituents are present; they are:–
4. Sukha (happiness), and
5. Ekaggatā (one-pointedness).



6) Enjoy the power of mind or eight lokiya-samapatti by playing different four different stage of Jhana e.g The mind staged at frist Jhana stage jump to four Jhana stage at the very short of time, the mind at from four stage of Jhana keep deceases of stages unitl first Jhana, the mind at second stage jump to first stage in the short of time.,etc.......

7) Enjoy the four Arupas The four Ārupas are:–
1. Ākāsānañcāyatana: dwelling on the contemplation of the realm of the
infinity of space,
2. Viññāṇañcāyatana: dwelling on the contemplation of the realm of the
infinity of consciousness,
3. Ākiñcaññāyatana: dwelling on the contemplation of the realm of
nothingness, and
4. Nevasaññānāsaññāyatana: dwelling on the contemplation of the realm
of neither perception nor non-perception.

8) Enjoy the Magga or enlightenment from first to four stages by Vipassanā-kammaṭṭhāna.

9) Enjoy the‘Phala ñāṇa’ (insight arising from the noble path of stream-winning and its fruition) which realise nibbāna. The path knowledge is called ‘ñāṇa-dassana-visuddhi’ (purity of insight). e.g 1)Sotāpatti Magga’ and ‘Phala ñāṇa at first stage 2)‘Sakadāgāmi Magga and Phala’ (Path of oncereturning and its fruition) and becomes a Sakadāgāmi (once-returner) at second stage 3) Anāgāmi Magga and Phala’ (path of non-returning and its fruition) at third stage 4) Arahatta Magga and Phala’ (path of Arahantship and its fruition) at fourth stage An Arahant is free from the remaining five fetters:–
1. Rūpa-rāga (craving for fine-material existence),
2. Arūpa-rāga (craving for immaterial existence),
3. Māna (conceit),
4. Uddhacca (restlessness), and
5. Avijjā (ignorance or delusion) together with all defilements (kilesa). At
the end of the span of the present life he will attain nibbāna. As there is no more
rebirth for him after the parinibbāna he is absolutely free from suffering the
woes of old age, ill-health, death etc

10) State at Nibbana after Buddha and Arahart passed away

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