PATIPATTI (PRACTICE) KNOWLEDGE

How to Attain Sila (precepts), Samadhi (concentration)
And Panna (wisdom) In Conformity With Eight Maggas

THE FIRST STEP

     Focus your mind at one point. If you can not imagine your mind as a crystal clear point, you can imagine a cornea-sized crystal ball. Try to imagine that the ball is quite clear and bright. If you can do this, your mind is ready to be developed according to the Eight Maggas concept by using the following procedures:

     NO.1 At the opening of your nose;

     The left side for woman, the right side for men

     Close your eyes and imagine moving the crystal ball to the position at the opening of your nose. Imagine making the ball brighter. If it is not brighter, pray in your mind “Sum-ma-ar-ra-hung” three times. (See the picture)

     NO.2 At the tear hole (the inner corner of your eye) ;

     The left side for woman, the right side for men

     Then, imagine moving the crystal ball to the position at your tear hole. Imagine making the ball brighter. If it is not brighter, pray in your mind “Sum-ma-ar-ra-hung” three times.

     NO.3 At the center point of your brain

     Then imagine moving the crystal ball into your skull and placing it at the center of your brain. While moving the ball, roll your eyes following it in order to “see inside”. When the crystal ball is placed firmly at the right position, imagine making the ball brighter. If it is not brighter,

     pray in your mind “Sum-ma-ar-ra-hung” three times.

     NO.4 At the center point of your pharynx

     Then, imagine moving the crystal ball from your brain to the center point of your pharynx. Imagine making the ball brighter. If it is not brighter, pray in your mind “Sum-ma-ar-ra-hung” three times.

     NO.5 At the center point of your throat

     Then, imagine moving the crystal ball to position at the center point of your throat. Imagine making the ball brighter. If it is not brighter, pray in your mind “Sum-ma-ar-ra-hung” three times.

     Then, imagine moving the crystal ball to position at the base of the center point of the body.(Supposing there is a straight line inside your body stretching from your navel to your back waist and the other straight line inside your body stretching from the right side of your waist to the left side. The intersection of the two straight lines is called the base of the center point of the body.) Imagine making the crystal ball brighter. If it is not brighter, pray in your mind “Sum-ma-ar-ra-hung” three times.

     NO.7 At the center point of the body (the position about your two-finger width above the base point NO.6)

     Then, imagine lifting the crystal ball to position at the point about two-finger width above the base point (the intersection). Imagine making the crystal ball brighter. If it is not brighter, pray in your mind “Sum-ma-ar-ra-hung” three times.

     From now on, place your mind firmly at the center point of the crystal ball in your abdomen and keep on praying in your mind “Sum-ma-ar-ra-hung” repeatedly many times up to a thousand times. While praying “Sum-ma-ar-ra-hung”, firmly place your mind at the center point of the crystal ball. Never imagine anything else, not even your knowledge, job and responsibility.

THE SECOND STEP

THE THIRD STEP

     This step leads you to see Sila (precepts), Samadhi (concentration) and Panna (wisdom) after you have seen Pathama Magga Sphere (the first sphere). The difficulty is whether you are able to see the Pathama Magga Sphere (the first sphere). If you do not see the Sphere you will not be able to attain Sila (precepts), Samadhi (concentration) and Panna (wisdom) and, hence, it is impossible to attain “Magga (the path) Phala”. Without Magga (the path) Phala , your life is merely a waste and does not get any good things.

     After you have seen Pathama Magga Sphere (Dharmmanupassana Satipatthana Sphere), you focus and pinpoint your mind at the center point of the Sphere. Keep your mind halted and still at that point. Keep on doing this without thinking anything else. Later, at the center of the Pathama Magga Sphere (the first sphere) you will see the crystal point of a needle tip size. This tiny crystal point is called “Majjhima Patipada” or “ Ekayana magga” or “ the Middle Path”. You focus and pinpoint your mind at this tiny crystal point. Keep your mind halted and still more increasingly. At the proper stage, the tiny point disappears and voidness or “Sunnata “ occurs.

     In the voidness or Sunnata you will see the second crystal sphere called “Sila Sphere”.

     Focus and pinpoint your still mind at the center point of Sila Sphere you will see “Samadhi Sphere”.

     Focus and pinpoint your still mind at the center point of Samadhi Sphere, you will see the fourth sphere which is “Panna Sphere”.

     Focus and pinpoint your still mind at the center point of Panna Sphere, you will see the fifth sphere “Vimutti Sphere”.

     Focus and pinpoint your still mind at the center point of Vimutti Sphere, you will see the sixth sphere which is “Vimuttinanadassana Sphere”.

     Up to now, you have seen Sila Sphere, Samadhi sphere and Panna Sphere according to the Eight Magga (the path) concept as well as the Pathama Magga Sphere (the first sphere), Vimutti Sphere and Vimuttinanadassana Sphere. These six Dharma Spheres are observed in your abdomen.

THE FOURTH STEP

     In this step you will see refined human body (dreaming body).

     When you focus and pinpoint your halted and still mind at the center point of the sixth sphere, i.e. Vimuttinanadassana Sphere you will see a crystal point of a needle tip size. Focus your mind at that tiny crystal point. Then, the crystal point will become the vast voidness or “Sunnata” in which you can see your body. It looks identical to you who are reading this article now. The body that is reading this article is called “unrefined body “while the body seen in the emptiness is called “refined human body” or your “dreaming body”.

     The dreaming body or the refined human body performs the duty of dreaming while the unrefined human body sleeps. When we wake up we do not know where the dreaming body is. We never make any research although it is our body and performs the duty of dreaming night by night. Whenever there is a nightmare the human body will suffer as if it ready encountered the nightmare.

     Everybody accepts that he (or she) has dreaming experience and used to see the dreaming body. We accept that each of us has two bodies namely, human body and dreaming body. If our human body is offended we will protect ourselves. And while sleeping, if our dreaming body is offended it will fight at its best regardless of the strength and capability.

     We can say that our both bodies fight for themselves. The unrefined human body fights in daily living in the normal world and, while sleeping, the dreaming body or the refined human body fights in the dream world.

     If the human body wins, the dreaming body also wins.

     When the human body “see Dharma”, so does the dreaming body.

     But if the human body commits sin, the dreaming body goes to hell.

     When the human body dies, the dreaming body carries all responsibilities instead.

     If the human body does not have Dharma as backing, the dreaming body will always suffer.

     This is the relation between the human body (unrefined) and the dreaming body (refined body). No one can tell where our dreaming body is. How it stays and how to see it except Ven. Phra Mongkolthepamuni or Luangpor War Pak Nam or “Luangpor Sod” who could explain clearly all with provable practical rules.

FOR WHAT THE HUMAN BODY SEARCHES

     The human body searches for the Magga (the path) Phala (fruition) by placing the mind at the center point of the body. Keep the mind halted and still in conformity with Sacittapariyodhapanam concept in order to gain Sila (precepts), Samadhi (concentration) and Panna (wisdom) according to the Eight Ariyamagga.

     When the human body’s mind halts at the proper stage, we will see Pathama Magga Sphere (the first sphere), Sila Sphere, Samadhi Sphere, Panna Sphere, Vimutti Sphere and Vimuttinanadassana Sphere. These six Dharma Spheres are brilliant pure crystal balls. At the Vimuttinanadassana Sphere, when the crystal point of the needle tip size becomes voidness or Sunnata you will see the “dreaming body” or the “refined human body”.

     Let your dreaming body do the same things as your human body does, i.e. see another six Dharma Spheres. The dreaming body will, then search for the Magga (the path) Phala (fruition).

THE FIFTH STEP

     In this step, you will see the more refined bodies following the dreaming body and attain Dharmakaya.

     You have already made a decision to select the Magga (the path) leading to Nirvana (extinction of defilement) or the Eight Maggas that consist of Sila (precepts), Samadhi (concentration) and Panna (wisdom). You already know that the process to see Sila (precepts), Samadhi (concentration) and Panna (wisdom) is to place your mind at the center point of your body and pray in mind “Sum-ma-ar-ra-hung”. Then, you see the six crystal Dharma Spheres in your abdomen, namely: -

1. Dharmmanupassana Satipatthana Sphere (Pathama Magga Sphere)

2. Sila Sphere

3. Samadhi Sphere

4. Panna Sphere

5. Vimutti Sphere

6. Vimuttinanadassana Sphere

     In the center of Vimuttinanadassana Sphere, you see yourself which is called the “refined human body” or the “dreaming body”. Then, you let your dreaming body do the same things as your human body does. In the center of the sixth Sphere, you will see your “unrefined divine body” with the same appearance as your human body except the dressing. The unrefined divine body dresses like RAMMAKIEAN (Ancient Thai drama players). Keep on doing the same way, you will see a number of ever more refines bodies. And at the end, you will attain Dharmakaya that is the brilliant crystal Buddha Image sitting cross-legged in your abdomen.

     Now, you have achieved your target, i.e. you see Dharmakaya. The Magga (the path) Phala (fruition) comes from Dharmakaya. If you can not attain Dharmakaya you can not get Magga (the path) Phala (fruition). There are levels of Magga (the path) Phala (fruition) achievement namely basic, intermediate and ultimate levels. What level we can achieve depends on our practice.

     In summary, in your mind processing for Nirvana (extinction of defilement) Magga (the path) Phala (fruition) according to the Eight Magga concept, you will see the following bodies starting from the beginning to the end,

1. Human body (unrefined human body)

2. Dreaming body (refined human body)

3. Unrefined divine body

4. Refined divine body

5. Unrefined Rupabrahma body

6. Refined Rupabrahma body

7. Unrefined Arupabrahma body

8. Refined Arupabrahma body

9. Unrefined Gotrabhu Dharmakaya (Dharma body)

10. Refined Gotrabhu Dharmakaya (Refined Dharma body)

11. Unrefined Phra Sota Dharmakaya (Phra Sotamagga, Phra Sotapatti-magga)

12. Refined Phra Sota Dharmakaya (Phra SotaPhala , Phra Sotapatti-Phala )

13. Unrefined Phra Sakidagami Dharmakaya (Phra Sakidagamimagga, Phra Sakidagamipatti-magga)

14. Refined Phra Sakidagami Dharmakaya (Phra Sakidagami-Phala , Phra Sakidagamipatti-Phala )

15. Unrefined Phra Anagami Dharmakaya (Phra Anagamimagga, Phra Anagamipatti-magga)

16. Refined Phra Anagami Dharmakaya (Phra AnagamiPhala , Phra Anagamipatti-Phala )

17. Unrefined Phra Arahatta Dharmakaya (Phra Arahattamagga, Phra Arahattapatti-magga)

18. Refined Phra Arahatta Dharmakaya (Phra ArahattaPhala , Phra Arahattapatti-Phala )

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