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Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification)

by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu | 1956 | 388,207 words | ISBN-10: 9552400236 | ISBN-13: 9789552400236

Buddhism Theravada
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This page describes The Earth Kasina (Pathavi-kasina-niddesa) of the section Concentration (Samādhi) of the English translation of the Visuddhimagga (‘the path of purification’) which represents a detailled Buddhist meditation manual, covering all the essential teachings of Buddha as taught in the Pali Tipitaka. It was compiled Buddhaghosa around the 5th Century.

Chapter IV - The Earth Kasiṇa (Pathavī-kasiṇa-niddesa)

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The Earth Kasiṇa (Introduction)
The Eighteen Faults of a Monastery
The Five Factors of the Resting Place
The Lesser Impediments
Detailed Instructions for Development: The Earth Kasiṇa
Making an Earth Kasiṇa
Starting Contemplation
The Counterpart Sign
The Two Kinds of Concentration
Guarding the Sign
The Ten Kinds of Skill in Absorption
The Five Similes
Absorption in the Cognitive Series
The First Jhāna
Extension of the Sign
The Second Jhāna
The Third Jhāna
The Fourth Jhāna
The Fivefold Reckoning of Jhāna
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