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Context: Throughout this transcript, Bhante Vimalaramsi is the speaker unless otherwise indicated.

you

okay.we it is July 31st we are at the

Dhamma sukha Meditation Center we have

bhante via Milla Ramsey tonight we're

going to do

Mishima nakiya 106 the way to the

imperturbable I knew Jessup aya suta and

thus if I heard on one occasion the

blessed one was living in Nakuru country

where there is a town of the gurus named

Thomas Adama there the blessed one

addressed amongst us monks venerable sir

he replied the Blessed One said this

monks sensual pleasures are permanent

are impermanent Hollow false deceptive

they are a loser II the prattle of fools

sensual pleasures here and now and

central pleasures and lives to come

sensual perceptions here and now and

central perceptions and lives to come

both alike are Mara's realm

Mara's domain Mara's bait Mara's hunting

ground on account of them these evil

unwholesome mental states such as

covetousness ill will and presumption

arise and they constitute an obstruction

to a noble disciple in training here

there in monks a noble disciple

considers thus sensual pleasures here in

now and sensual pleasures and lives to

come constitute an obstruction to the

noble disciple in training here suppose

I were to abide with a mine abundant

exalted having transcended the world and

made a firm determination

the mind when I do so there will be no

more evil and wholesome state such as

covetousness ill will and presumption in

me with the abandoning of them my mind

will be unlimited immeasurable and

well-developed when he practices in this

way and frequently abides thus his mind

acquires confidence in this base once

there is full confidence

he either attains to the imperturbable

now or else he resolves upon it with

wisdom what I'm teaching you to do is

how to resolve on these things with

wisdom on the dissolution of the body

after death it is possible that the

evolving consciousness may pass on to

rebirth in the imperturbable that means

getting into one of the brahma locust

brahmaloka is last for a long period of

time now here he's talking about the

fourth jhana where you don't have any

gross perceptions of form but if there

is contact with something you will know

that they're there that it is there

this monks is declared to be the first

way directed to the imperturbable again

monks a noble disciple considers thus

there are sensual pleasures here and now

and sensual pleasures and lives to come

sensual perceptions here in now and

central perception and lives to come

whatever material form there is all

material form is the four Great elements

what are the four Great elements

earth why fire wind in there that's

right and the material form derived from

those great elements in other words

everything that is material has these

four elements in it when he practices in

this way and frequently advised us his

mine acquires confidence in this base

once there is full confidence he it

either attains to the imperturbable now

or else he resolves upon it with wisdom

on the dissolution of the body after

death it is possible that the evolving

consciousness may pass on to rebirth in

the imperturbable this monks is declared

to be the second way directed to the

imperturbable so it's talking about

going into the rupa dramas into the way

you're practicing right now compassion

with infinite space and this is the

second one and this is

the realm of infinite consciousness

again monks the noble disciple considers

the sensual pleasures here in now and

sensual pleasures and lives to come

sensual perception here and now on

central perception and lives to come

material forms here and now on material

forms and lives to come perceptions of

form here and now and perception of

forms and lives to come both alike are

impermanent what is impermanent is not

worth delighting and not worth welcoming

not worth holding - not worth

identifying with when he practices in

this way frequently abides thus his mind

acquires confidence in this base once

there's full confidence

he either attains to the imperturbable

now or else he resolves upon it with

wisdom always wisdom is talking about

seeing how the links of dependent

origination actually do work on the

Desilu ssin of the body after death it

is possible that the evolving

consciousness may pass on to rebirth in

the imperturbable that means the brahma

locust

when you get into the Brahma locust when

you're getting into infinite space and

infinite consciousness nothingness like

that when you're reborn in a brahmaloka

it lasts for a long long time

there's the sang kya the AH saying kya

is one of the four phases of the way the

universe actually works and AH st. kya

is equivalent to ten with a hundred and

sixty zeroes behind it that's how long

how long I ain't kya laughs so it's a

long time

I never stopped to ask I just read it

now then when you have the four ah

saying kaya's you have the expansion of

the universe which is what we're doing

right now and then everything stops

foreign Husein kya and then it contracts

for a now saying kya and then it starts

expanding then it stops for a non same

guy and then it starts expanding again

that is called maha kapa when you get

into the realm of infinite space and you

don't go any further than that you will

be reborn in a brahmaloka that lasts for

twenty thousand maha copies this is a

strictly mental realm you don't have a

physical body and

it is said to be a very very very

pleasant abiding and when the car the

good karma of your getting to that space

finally fades away then you'll be reborn

in another brahmaloka but not for so

long it can be anywhere from one maha

kappa to 500 ma coppers depending on

your your merit at that time then you

will the good merit of that will

disappear and you'll be reborn in either

a devaloka or a human being or you can

even be reborn in a hell realm

depending on your karma at that time

so this is what I'm showing you in the

way of meditation is such good karma

that you'll be reborn in a pleasant

abiding for a huge long periods of time

on the dissolution of the body after

death it is possible that the evolving

consciousness may pass on to rebirth in

the imperturbable this monks is declared

the third way directed to the

imperturbable

again monks a noble disciple considers

thus sensual pleasures here and now and

sensual pleasures and lives to come

sensual perceptions here and now and

central perceptions and lives to come

material form here in now and material

forms and life to come perception of

forms here and now and perception of

forms and lives to come perception of

the imperturbable all our perceptions

what is perception

it's the naming of things is where

concepts arrives

where these perceptions cease without

remainder that is the peaceful that is

the sublime namely the base of

nothingness when you get into the base

of nothingness you have the feeling of

equanimity their mind is not looking

outside of itself anymore now you're

starting to really see more closely how

different links of dependent origination

arise and pass away this is where you

need to learn how to adjust your energy

to a very fine degree if you try too

hard you're going to get restless if you

don't stay with your object of

meditation but kind of let your mind

slip off a little bit then you're going

to get dull so you have to you have to

be able to adjust tiny little bits if

you're restless you have to back off a

little bit not hold on to your object to

meditation so tightly let it be and

that's what I mean by backing off but

just a little bit until your mind is in

balance and Eddy when them that he comes

up and now you can stay with that more

easily when you get into the realm of

nothingness you will start to sit for

longer periods of time without

distraction when you're sitting is good

you might be able to sit for 20 minutes

30 minutes 45 minutes

without any distraction at all and

you're staying with your object of

meditation you're radiating that feeling

of equanimity when I say you're

radiating I mean you're noticing how it

radiates by itself you are not making it

happen okay

oh okay when he practices in this way

and frequently abides thus his mind

acquires confidence in the base once

there's full confidence

he either attains to the base of

nothingness now or else he resolves upon

it with wisdom on the dissolution after

after death it is possible the evolving

consciousness may pass on to rebirth in

the base of nothingness this monks is

declared to be the first way directed to

the base of nothingness if you die and

you don't go any deeper in your

meditation you will be reborn in a

brahmaloka that lasts for 60