PRACTICAL MEDITATION GUIDE BY A FOREST MONK

Preface. 卐
Primary instructions on how to use the book. 卐
Difficult words and synonyms. 卐
	Decryption keys for Scriptures and Holy books:
Chapter 1: Ultimate necessity of meditating? 卐
	Full benefits of practicing meditations:
	The Brahma vehicle:
Chapter 2: Subject of virtue. 卐
	On commandments virtue:
	The 3 systematics virtue:
	The 5 components virtue:
	The correct livelihood is the 9th virtue:
	The 9 components virtue:
	The 10 components virtue:
	The 13 components virtue:
	On using another person:
	Additional rites:
	13 high austerities:
	The correct livelihood virtue:
	The sense organs virtue:
	The requisites virtue:
	Protecting celibacy as a lay man:
	7 copulations:
	Brahmachariya sutta:
	Special notes and answers:
Chapter 3: Fundamentals of meditations. 卐
	Definitions for meditating:
	Concentration meditations:
	Wisdom meditations:
	Basics on meditations:
	Meditations & Karma:
	Meditation postures:
	On Diet:
	Right place for meditations:
	9 wrong thoughts of a yogi:
	10 disturbances for a yogi:
	Other instructions:
	Fearlessness of a yogi:
	Pachalayana sutta:
Chapter 4: Awakening dispassion. 卐
	Suggestions for procedure:
	Things to consider often:
	What is woe:
	What belongs to you:
	Are you insane:
	Karma in control:
	Human body truth:
	Soulless nature:
	Sense pleasuring objects:
	Words of wise men:
	Story of Punya and Pavana:
	Stanzas of Alone Buddhas:
Chapter 5: Roots of sins and what is karma? 卐
	Special notes:
Chapter 6: The 5 dark covers of consciousness. 卐
Chapter 7: About concentration meditations. 卐
	10 concentration levels:
	10 essential facts for the progress:
	7 inappropriate things for a yogi:
	10 skills of concentration practice:
	Charming meditative levels:
	Meditative level components:
	Auto concentration:
	Trances and its components:
	On special expressions:
	Power of the 6th level:
	41 concentration meditations:
	Kayanupassi sutta:
	How to practice meditations:
	Are you really practicing:
	Concentration says:
	The youngster:
Chapter 8: The Anapanasathi meditation. 卐
	Other info on the Anapanasathi meditation:
Chapter 9: The 11 Kasina meditations. 卐
	Kasina mechanism in short:
	Fire kasina meditation:
	Light kasina meditation:
	White kasina meditation:
	Earth kasina meditation:
	Water kasina meditation:
	Yellow kasina meditation:
	Red kasina meditation:
	Blue kasina meditation:
	Space kasina meditation:
	Air kasina meditation:
	Consciousness kasina meditation:
	Kasina meditation procedure:
	Starting the Kasina meditation:
	Charming Kasinas:
	Becoming a Siddha:
	Scenes saw by the divine eye segment:
Chapter 10: And 30 other focus meditations. 卐
	The perception of bloatedness:
	The perception of discolouration:
	The perception of festering:
	The perception of the fissured:
	The perception of the gnawed:
	The perception of the dismembered:
	The perception of the cut and the dismembered:
	The perception of the blood-stained:
	The perception of worminess:
	The perception of the bony:
	Recollection of the Buddha:
	Recollection of the Dharma:
	Recollection of the community of Sangha:
	Recollection of virtue:
	Recollection of liberality:
	Recollection of gods:
	Mindfulness of death:
	Mindfulness of body:
	Recollection of peace:
	Loving-kindness meditation:
	Compassion meditation:
	Appreciative joy meditation:
	Equanimity meditation:
	Determining of the elements:
	Perception of the loathsomeness of food:
	Om meditation:
	Sphere of the infinity of space:
	Sphere of the infinite consciousness:
	Sphere of nothingness:
	Sphere of neither perception nor none perception:
	Importance of 4 secondary meditations:
	Scenes saw by the divine eye segment:
Chapter 11: Other Yoga sciences. 卐
	Kundalini Yoga science:
	Astanga Yoga science:
	Aghor Yoga Science:
	Pranayama technology:
	Hatha Yoga science:
	Tantra Yoga science:
	Maha Yoga science:
		Special Yoga facts:
		Kshudra siddhi (Micro powers) 5:
		Guna pradana siddhi (General powers) 8:
		Yoga siddhi (Yogic powers) 8:
		Brahma pradana siddhi (Brahmic powers) 8:
	Scenes saw by the divine eye segment:
Chapter 12: Concentration meditation mechanism. 卐
	Mechanism of concentration in brief:
	Miscellaneous segment:
	Methods of grasping:
	9 obstacles for concentration:
	8 causes of concentration:
	7 requisites of concentration:
	Types of concentration:
	On Kasinas:
	Attention and concentration:
	Other information:
	8 Masteries in concentration:
	4 Apexes:
	Samadhi terminology:
	Concentration meditation packages:
	Scenes saw by the divine eye segment:
Chapter 13: Attaining 4 form meditative levels. 卐
	Scenes saw by the divine eye segment:
Chapter 14: Attaining 4 formless trances. 卐
	Sphere of the infinity of space:
	Sphere of the infinite consciousness:
	Sphere of nothingness:
	Sphere of neither perception nor none perception:
	Miscellaneous segment:
	Scenes saw by the divine eye segment:
Chapter 15: About supernatural powers. 卐
	6 distinctive intelligences:
	4 Legs of supernatural powers:
	Stopping hunger:
	Sending telepathy messages:
	Healing bleeding wounds:
	Avoiding enemies:
	Changing appearances:
	Possessing others:
	Binding by mind:
	Acquiring of divine ear:
	Acquiring of intelligence of others’ thoughts:
	Acquiring of intelligence of seeing past lives:
	Acquiring of divine eye:
	Dying at will:
	Supernatural power mechanism:
	Miscellaneous segment:
	Scenes saw by the divine eye segment:
Chapter 16: The 15 natures and 8 sciences. 卐
	The 15 natures:
	The 8 sciences:
	Scenes saw by the divine eye segment:
Chapter 17: About wisdom meditations. 卐
	Scenes saw by the divine eye segment:
Chapter 18: The nature of the universe. 卐
	3 types of truths:
	Religion and nature – more details:
	Consciousness element:
	Contacting of consciousness:
	What is death:
	Karma energy seed:
	Attributes of consciousness:
	Motive attribute:
	Other mechanism:
	Space element:
	Spontaneous being:
	Death-consciousness:
	Formation of universe:
	Analysis of kalpas:
	3 destructions of an earth:
	4 types of human worlds:
	God worlds:
	20 types of Brahma worlds:
	Formation of earth:
	Formation of living beings on earth:
	The evolution process:
	Examination of elements:
	Ultimate truth:
	How the Almighty God concept created:
	Wrongs of theory of evolution:
	Things that scientists cannot prove:
	Weaknesses of modern science:
	Path to enlightenment in brief:
	Analysis of extinction of existence element:
	Scenes saw by the divine eye segment:
Chapter 19: Truths and circles and more. 卐
	Reasons and results:
	A ritual for good-luck:
	Special Note:
	Kalama Sutta:
	Cula-kammavibhanga Sutta:
	Maha Kammavibhanga Sutta:
	Dakkhina Vibhanga Sutta:
	Gihi Sutta:
	Lonaphala Sutta:
	Manapadayi Sutra:
	Nidāna Sutra:
	Aditta Sutra:
	Upanisa Sutra:
	Upajjhatthana Sutra:
	Sumanā Sutra:
	Supina Sutra:
	Saddha Sutra:
	Ittha Sutra:
	Kula Sutra:
	Kosala Sutta:
	Anana Sutta:
	Visākhā Sutta:
	Asankaya Kappa Sutta:
	Maha-mangala Sutta:
	Lohicca Sutta:
		The Four Jhanas (4 form trances):
		Insight Knowledge (intelligence of origination and
		The Mind-made Body:
		Supernatural Powers:
		Clairaudience:
		Mind Reading:
		Recollection of Past Lives:
		The Passing Away & Re-appearance of Beings:
		The Ending of Mental Fermentations:
	Parts from 3 suttas:
	Brahmajāla Sutta:
		2# THE ANALYSIS OF VIRTUE:
		3# SPECULATIONS ABOUT THE PAST (PUBBANTAKAPPIKA):
		1> Eternalism (Sassatavāda): Views 1–4:
		2> Partial-Eternalism (Ekaccasassatavāda): Philoso
		3> Doctrines of the Finitude and Infinity of the W
		4> Doctrines of Endless Equivocation (Amarāvikkhep
		5> Doctrines of Fortuitous Origination (Adhiccasam
		4# SPECULATIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE (APARANTAKAPPIKA)
		1> Doctrines of Percipient Immortality (Saññīvāda)
		2> Doctrines of Non-percipient Immortality (Asaññī
		3> Doctrines of Neither Percipient Nor Non-Percipi
		4> Annihilationism (Ucchedavāda): Views 51–57:
		5> Doctrines of Nirvana Here and Now (Diṭṭhadhamma
		5# THE ROUND OF CONDITIONS AND EMANCIPATION FROM T
		2> Conditioned by Contact (Phassapaccayavāra):
		3> Exposition of the Round (Diṭṭhigatikādhiṭṭhānav
		4> The Ending of the Round (Vivaṭṭakathādi):
	Maha-sihanada Sutta:
		Ten special Powers of the Buddha:
		Four Kinds of Intrepidity:
		The Eight Assemblies:
		Four Kinds of Generation:
		The Five Destinations and Nibbana — In Brief:
		The Five Destinations and Nibbana — In Detail:
		The Bodhisatta’s Austerities (Austerities before h
	About practicing gifting:
	Scenes saw by the divine eye segment:
Chapter 20: What are the 4 noble truths? 卐
	Briefly 4 noble truths:
	The correct vision:
	The correct thoughts:
	The correct speeches:
	The correct actions:
	The correct livelihood:
	The correct endeavour:
	The correct sanity:
	The correct concentration:
	Essential facts:
	Poisonous tree & the seed:
	Liberation & wisdom meditations:
	The effect ceases:
	Scenes saw by the divine eye segment:
Chapter 21: Practising wisdom meditations. 卐
	4 types of wisdom meditations:
	Intelligence of origination and deterioration:
	Great natural law:
	3 Natures of the universe:
	What is correct sanity:
	The cause and effect circle:
	Similes for understanding:
	Understand Name & Form:
	Internal faculties:
	External faculties:
	About wisdom meditation practitioner:
	Mechanism of practicing wisdom meditations:
	Practicing of Bodily meditations:
		1) Considering by wisdom meditation:
		2) Impurities of body meditation:
		3) Thinking of elements meditation:
	Practicing of Sensations meditations:
		1) Seeing sensations meditation:
	Practicing of Thoughts meditations:
		1) Checking thoughts meditation:
	Practicing of Norms meditations:
		1) Dark covers meditation:
		2) Checking categories meditation:
		3) Seeing faculties meditation:
	Explained wisdom meditations:
	Difficult things in wisdom meditations:
	4 supportive causes:
	Full example of a wisdom meditation practice:
	10 special Intelligences:
	4 stages of the enlightenment:
	4 supramundane persons:
	Combined meditation packages:
	Attaining the signless concentration:
	Attaining the dissolution trance:
	Special facts:
	Scenes saw by the divine eye segment:
Chapter 22: About perception meditations. 卐
	Inability to keep according to the will perception
	Impermanence perception:
	Ill perception – woe perception:
	No soul perception:
	Inauspicious perception:
	Dangers perception:
	Abandonment perception:
	Dispassion perception:
	Cessation perception:
	Not attaching to all worlds perception:
	Hopeless nature of all formations perception:
Chapter 23: How to heal porn addiction? 卐
	Other things:
	More methods:
	A list of new habits to be formed:
	Recognizing conceptual lust:
Chapter 24: Who are Seven Rishis? 卐
	3 types of Rishis:
	On omniscient intelligence:
Chapter 25: A manual for a life of asceticism. 卐
	A true story:
	Unsecure ascetic life:
	First days of our Bodhisattva:
	Foods of an ascetic:
	Health of an ascetic:
	Preparation of robes:
	Staining robes:
	The residence of an ascetic:
	The medicines:
	Other essential items:
	About meditative life:
	2 types of asceticism:
	4 factors of Buddhist Rishihood:
	7 Essential things for a Rishi:
	Method of becoming a Rishi:
	Method of becoming a Buddhist monk:
	Your knowledge:
	Your intelligence:
	Your connections:
	Your travellings:
	Your safety:
	Your abandonment:
	Electronic devices:
	4 ascetic requisites:
	8 ascetic requisites:
	Fearlessness:
	Appropriate wisdom:
	Finding Meridian:
	Avoidance:
	Your mission in brief:
	The danger of wrong asceticism:
	Your teacher:
	The ascetic and a virtuous lay man:
	10 Bondages:
	23 tough desires:
	Special advises:
	2 real stories:
	Advises of Buddha:
	A fake ascetic:
	Ascetic names:
	9 facts of a fake ascetic:
	4 extra rites:
	Arahantship:
	Sayings of reverend Arahant monks:
	Part 2 – Sayings of sacred Arahant monks:
	Part 3 – Sayings of holy Arahant monks:
	Part 4 – Sayings of sacred Arahant monks:
	Part 5 – Sayings of holy Arahant monks:
	Sabbasava Sutra:
	Sallekha Sutra:
	Maha Assapura Sutra:
		Attaining 4 form trances:
		Seeing past lives:
		Seeing by divine eye:
		Ending all cankers:
	Anagata-bhayani Sutta:
	Vajjiputta Sutta:
	Sikkha Sutta:
	Yoga Sutta:
	Patisallana Sutta:
	Aṭṭhakanāgara Sutta:
	Nimitta Sutta:
		Psychic powers:
		Divine Ear:
		Knowing others’ thoughts:
		Seeing past lives:
		God’s eye:
	Aparihani Sutta:
	Samaññaphala Sutta:
		The King’s Question:
		Non-action philosophy:
		Purification through Wandering-on philosophy:
		Annihilation philosophy:
		Non-relatedness philosophy:
		Fourfold Restraint philosophy:
		Evasion philosophy:
		First Visible Fruit of the Ascetic Life:
		Second Visible Fruit of the Ascetic Life:
		Higher Fruits of the Ascetic Life:
		The Lesser Section on Virtue:
		The Intermediate Section on Virtue:
		The Great Section on Virtue:
		Sense Restraint:
		Mindfulness & Alertness:
		Contentedness:
		Abandoning the Hindrances:
		The Four Form Trances:
		Insight Knowledge:
		The Mind-made Body:
		Supernatural Powers:
		Clairaudience:
		Mind Reading:
		Recollection of Past Lives:
		Divine Sight:
		The Ending of All Sins:
	Upannata Sutta:
	The Satipatthana Sutta:
		1> Mindfulness of Breathing:
		2> The Modes of Deportment:
		3> The Four Kinds of Clear Comprehension:
		4> The Reflection on the Repulsiveness of the Body
		5> The Reflection on the Modes of Materiality (Ele
		6> Cemetery Contemplation 1:
		7> Cemetery Contemplation 2:
		8> Cemetery Contemplation 3:
		9> Cemetery Contemplation 4:
		10> Cemetery Contemplation 5:
		11> Cemetery Contemplation 6:
		12> Cemetery Contemplation 7:
		13> Cemetery Contemplation 8:
		14> Cemetery Contemplation 9:
		3) THE CONTEMPLATION OF FEELING:
		4) THE CONTEMPLATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS:
		1> The Five Hindrances:
		2> The Five Aggregates of Clinging:
		3> The Six Internal and the Six External Sense-bas
		4> The Seven Factors of Enlightenment:
		5> The Four Truths:
		6) ASSURANCE OF ATTAINMENT:
	Life Events of the Buddha:
	Story of King Janaka:
Chapter 26: Questions & answers by a forest monk.
	On Asceticism:
	On Karma:
	On Black Magic:
	On Medicines:
	On Gods:
	On Ghosts:
	On Friends:
	On Wisdom:
	On Women:
	On Past Lives:
	On Nature:
	All other FAQ:
Chapter 27: On extra learning. 卐