# (2022-08-12) Meditation to cleanse the Citta | on [[Citta]] and [[Noble 8-fold Path]] Tags:: #dhamma/map, #dhamma/advanced - https://youtu.be/APuW3ZUO9qE - (Summary) Superb talk on [[Citta]], on how it gets purified gradually as one follows the path of Buddha Dhamma. With #Naveen ^1917c7 - And how the four [[Satipatthana|Satipaṭṭhāna]] (kaya, vedana, citta, Dhamma) helps the purification. - @@@@ The **End Goal** of Dhamma practice: to make the Citta ***Pure and Bright***. - 3 colors of citta: yellow (raga), red (dvesha), blue (moha, or upekkha) - The [[Middle Path]] is to purify the citta and give up both red and yellow, and stays in blue ([[Jhana#3rd Jhāna|upekkha]]). - The purpose of doing [[Vandana]] is to break the citta from the [[Dasa Akusala|Akusala]] Dhamma. - 3 steps of practice: 1) Empty recitation (of [[Gatha|Gāthā]]) - it cuts other thoughts 2) Watch the breath until the breath is equal between the 2 nostrils ([[Samatha]] is ready) - Now, when you observe, nothing is coming on the citta! 3) Now you can do [[Vipassana]] - Citta and the 4 fruits - When one reaches [[Sotapanna]], the Citta for the lower 3 fetters are COMPLETELY removed, hence they will **NO LONGER EXISTS** and will **NEVER arise** again. - The same with [[Anagami]], where the lower 5 no longer exists anywhere in the [[Citta]], under any situations. And there is nothing to **Accept** and nothing to **Reject**, in the citta. And will always in [[Brahma Vihara|Brahma Vihara]], in the citta. ^9f4082 - @@ You will yourself **EXPERIENCE and KNOW** that you have attained the stages (especially Anagami, and Arahat), because you can see that the citta of **Likings and Dislikings** simply **DON'T EXIST anymore**. - For the same reason, the Buddha in all the sutta will say that you have reached [[Ubhatobhaga Vimutti]] and you KNOW it. - With [[Sakadagami]], the Citta doesn't arise with too much raga, and free of ANY possessive mentality. Now you've become a real [[Anagarika]], so that even when you stay at home, it's like a Monastery.