# (2022-08-13) Meditation to understand the senses | On [[Ayatana|Saḷāyatana]] & 4 arupa [[Jhana|Jhāna]] | Based on [[MN137 Saḷāyatanavibhaṅgasutta|MN137]] Tags:: [[Ayatana|6 Senses]], [[Jhana|Jhāna]], #dhamma/map - https://youtu.be/vDMPctl5Yjo - @@ **Ayatana = home** - Vilas gave a **great analogy** of sense door (person A inside a home), sense object (person B who wants to visit), and what happens under 3 scenarios -- happy, unhappy, equanimity. - A total of 6 x 3 = 18 scenarios for Worldly (lay) person - And another 18 for Renunciate person - Lay / Worldly - Vilas explain how lay **"happiness"** and **"sadness"** ariases (per [[MN137 Saḷāyatanavibhaṅgasutta#^worldly-happiness-and-sadness|MN137]]) using real-life exmaples ^lay-happiness-sadness - @@@@ **Unhappiness is the end result in lay life.** - @@ There are **worldly equanimity** too (per [[MN137 Saḷāyatanavibhaṅgasutta#^worldly-equanimity|MN137]]), but it **does NOT Transcend.** — i.e. the **[[Citta]] does not get purified** - Renunciates - Renunciates sees the drawback — *aniccā dukkhā vipariṇāmadhammā* - Renunciate sadness ([[MN137 Saḷāyatanavibhaṅgasutta#^renunciate-sadness|MN137]]) — it's about **not being able to attain peace / vimutti**! - Renunciate equanimity ([[MN137 Saḷāyatanavibhaṅgasutta#^worldly-equanimity|MN137]]) — it has a **transcending** quality, by seeing the anicca nature - @@ The 5-step progression of the path ([[MN137 Saḷāyatanavibhaṅgasutta#5 Steps of Giving up|MN137]]): ^5-steps 1. Using renunciate happiness, give up lay happiness 2. Using renunciate unhappiness, give up lay unhappiness 3. Using renunciate equanimity, give up lay equanimity 4. Using renunciate happiness, give up renunciate unhappiness 5. @@ **Lastly, using renunciate equanimity, give up renunciate happiness** - (50m in) **(Highlight of the sutta)** Following the Dhamma, there will be 8 directions ([[MN137 Saḷāyatanavibhaṅgasutta#Buddha leads to 8 directions|MN137]]) ^8-directions 1. Having a lot of **insights** 2. When body disappears, they're in **so much happiness** 3. Everything in the world becomes beautiful and auspicious — it becomes a play 4. Enter into the 5th [[Jhana|Jhāna]] — Infinite space ^5th-jhana - when you observe the chair is sitting on the ground, which is sitting on the earth, which is sitting on the earth core, which is sitting in the **Space**, immediately, you can only sense the **infinite space**. - @@@@ Eryu: I Understand!! **Space is ALL you perceive!** 5. After being in 5th Jhana for a while, enter into the 6th Jhana — Infinite consciousness - **Everything is pulsating** — the whole solar system, galaxy, rivers, lake, etc. 6. 7th Jhana — Nothingness - **"Nobody"** is residing in the **sense doors** — it's just a **Glass** where everything is being reflected upon 7. 8th Jhana — Neither perception nor non-perception - The 6 sense **feelings and perceptions vanish** — BUT, there's still **subtle** impressions of feeling and perception left - it is extremely wonderful — there is nothing to do - The **mind is completely stilled with no movement**, except for the subtle impressions - ANY material things looks childish — it's uncomparable — to any holiday, family life, house, country, money, power, fame, etc.. 8. 9th Jhana — Cessation of perception and feeling - The subtle perception and feeling goes completely off — this is the end of it :)