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Dependent The 4 Foundations Calm and

11 Jhāna Factors
The 16 Steps of Mindfulness of Breathing one word Origination (S II of Mindfulness (D Insight
(D I 74-76) - Calm
(M s118) - Calm only? summary 29-33) - Wisdom s22, M s10) - Develop-
only?
only? Insight only? ment
right aspiration: renunciation (go to a quiet place), non-ill seclusion Conviction (saddhā)
will (intend to practice meditation), non-harming (sit with a
straight back)
1. Mindful he breathes in; mindful he in/out initial thought
Knowing breathes out Body
only: 2. Breathing in/out long/short, he discerns long/short sustained thought
that he is breathing in/out long/short
3. sensitive to the whole body body
4. calming the body relax
Joy (pāmojjaṁ)
5. sensitive to zest zest zest Zest (pīti) Calm body,
tranquillity Serenity (passaddhi) clear mind
6. sensitive to happiness happy happiness Happiness (sukhaṁ) Feeling
7. sensitive to emotion x emotion
8. calming the emotion calming equanimity/neutral
feeling
9. sensitive to thought thinking
He trains 10. gladdening thought (progress!) glad
himself to 11. concentrating thought (perception of light) light unification/concentration Concentration Thought (citta)
breathe 12. releasing thought (May all beings be well happy (samādhi)
in/out: and happy!)
Knowledge & vision of
things as they actually
are present (yathā-
būtha-ñāṇa-dassana)
Insight into
13. contemplating inconstancy changing recollection/mindfulness Disenchantment Process (dhamma) body-mind
14. contemplating fading away weaker (nibbidā) (virāga)
Dispassion relationship
15. contemplating cessation stopped Release (vimutti)
16. contemplating relinquishment give-up clear comprehension
complete purity Knowledge of ending
(khaye-ñāṇam)

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