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{80} “How does one use the kasiṇa and nimitta in meditation?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Kasiṇa ] [Nimitta] // [Concentration]
22. “How does one use the kasiṇa and nimitta in meditation?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Kasiṇa ] [Nimitta] // [Concentration]
11. “After using a yellow kasiṇa as kammaṭṭhāna for two years, I’ve been able to ‘tame’ the nimitta somewhat, but I’m unclear how to use it to enter jhāna. Instead, when working with the nimitta has got me in the upacāra samādhi neighborhood, I just switch to the breath and go from there, but I’d really like to know how kasiṇa is used to enter appanā samādhi directly. Also, is it true that kasiṇa propels the yogi directly into third jhāna, bypassing first and second?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Kasiṇa] [Nimitta] [Jhāna] [Mindfulness of breathing] [Concentration] // [Beauty] [Happiness] [Directed thought and evaluation]
7. “What is with the kasiṇa? In many years of practice, this has never been taught by any of my teachers. How would it benefit one’s practice compared to a life of contemplating the Four Noble Truths? How is the color chosen?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Kasiṇa] // [Calming meditation] [Commentaries] [Thai Forest Tradition]
Commentary: Path of Purification by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli, p. 104: 40 subjects of meditation.
16. “Can you please talk a bit about samatha meditation and its uses for calming a very agitated or restless mind and how one might go about finding a ‘disk of earth’ or an object of suitable color? Do they sell these somewhere? Amazon? Thank you for your explanation.” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Calming meditation] [Kasiṇa]
12. “What is the difference between emptiness, nothingness, and space? How can I use colors to develop the mind?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Emptiness] [Kasiṇa] // [Self-identity view] [Relinquishment] [Conceit] [Middle Path] [Etymology] [Not-self] [Elements] [Tranquility] [History/Early Buddhism] [Culture/West]