THE NOBLE EIGHT FOLD PATH LEADING TO THE
CESSATION OF SUFFERING, NIBBâNA
7. Knowledge&Vision
Purification
(¥àõa-dassana-visuddhi)
* Change-of-Lineage
knowledge neither be regarded
as Practice
Knowledge&Vision
Purification nor
Knowledge&Vision
Purification
6. Practice
Knowledge&Vision
Purification
(Pañipadà-¤àõadassana- (7) Danger knowledge
visuddhi)
(6) Fearsomeness knowledge
From Powerful Arise&Perish
knowledge up to (5) Dissolution knowledge
Conformity knowledge
5. Path&Non-Path
Knowledge&Vision
Purification
(Magg-àmagga¤àõa-
dassanavisuddhi)
4. Doubt-Overcoming
Purification
(Kaïkhà-vitaraõa-
visuddhi)
3. View Purification
(Diññhi-visuddhi)
2. Consciousness Purification
(Citta-visuddhi)
Eight attainments (Samàpatti)
together with Access Concentration
(Upacàra-Samàdhi)
1. Morality Purification
(Sãlavisuddhi)
Fourfold Purification Morality
(catu-pàrisuddhi-sãla)
(16) Reviewing knowledge
(Paccavekkhaõa-¤àõa)
(15) Fruition knowledge
(Phala-¤àõa)
(14) Path knowledge
(Magga-¤àõa)
(13) Change-of-Lineage knowledge*
(Gotrabhu-¤àõa)
(12) Conformity knowledge
(Anuloma-¤àõa)
(11) Formations-equanimity
knowledge Abandonment
Four Path and Fruition Knowledges
(Saïkhàrupekkhà-¤àõa) Full Knowledge
(10) Reflection knowledge (Pahàna-pari¤¤à)
(Pañisaṅkhà-¤àõa)
(9) Liberation-Longing knowledge
(Mu¤citukamyatà-¤àõa)
(8) Disenchantment knowledge
(Nibbidà-¤àõa)
(âdãnava-¤àõa)
(Bhaya-¤àõa)
(Bhaïga-¤àõa)
(4b) Powerful(balava) Arise&Perish
knowledge (Udayabbaya-¤àõa)
(4a)Tender(taruṇa) Arise&Perish Investigation
knowledge (Udayabbaya-¤àõa) Full Knowledge Insight
(Tãraõa-pari¤¤à) Meditation
(3) Comprehension knowledge
(Sammasana-¤àõa) (Vipassanà-bhàvanà)
(3-12) Discerning the characteristic (lakkhaõa), function (rasa), manifestation
(paccupaññhàna), and proximate cause (padaññhàna) of each cause and
Discerning the effect of past lives, the present life, and future lives.
Characteristic, Function,
Manifestation and Discerning the characteristic (lakkhaõa), function (rasa), manifestation
(2) Cause-Apprehending
Proximate Cause (paccupaññhàna), and proximate cause (padaññhàna) of each type of
knowledge material (rūpa) and mental phenomenon (nàma-dhamma)
(Paccaya-pariggaha¤àõa) Dependent Origination
(Pañicca-samuppàda)
The First / Fifth Method
The Known Resolving that apart from mentality-materiality (nàma-rūpa),
Mentality-Materiality Resolution there is no being (satta), no life (jãva) no self (atta), no man, no
Full Knowledge (Nàmaråpa-vavatthàna) woman, no deva, no brahma, etc.
(¥àta-pari¤¤à)
Mentality and Materiality Apprehension
(Råpàråpa-pariggaha) Discerning each mental factor (Cetasika) and consciousness
(1) Mentality-Materiality (Citta) of each mind-moment of the various types of mental
Definition knowledge Mentality Apprehension (Aråpa-pariggaha) process (Citta-vãthi) <five-mind door & sensual-/ fine-material-/
immaterial sphere>.
(Nàmaråpa-pariccheda¤àõa)
Materiality Apprehension
Discerning the various types of kalàpa in each of the six doors /
(Four-Elements Meditation) forty-two parts of body. And discerning the various types of
(Råpa-pariggaha)
ultimate materiality of each type of kalàpa.
Four Protective Meditations
(Caturàrakkha Kammaññhàna) 1) Loving-Kindness (Mettà), Compassion (karuõà),
Sympathetic Joy (mudità), Equanimity (upekkhà)
(Four Sublime Abidings (Brahma-vihàra))
8th Jhàna: The Base of
10. Space (âkàsa) Kasiõa 2) Buddha Recollection (Buddhànussati)
Neither Perception
9. Light (âloka) Kasiõa nor Non-Perception 3) Death Recollection (Maraõànussati)
(Nevasa¤¤ànàsa¤¤àyatana) 4) Foulness Meditation (Asubha-bhàvanà)
8. White (Odàta) Kasiõa
7th Jhàna: The Base of
7. Red (Lohita) Kasiõa Nothingness (âki¤ca¤¤àyatana)
6. Yellow (Pãta) Kasiõa 6th Jhàna: The Base of Boundless
Consciousness (Vi¤¤àõa¤càyatana)
5. Blue-Black (Nãla) Kasiõa 5th Jhàna: The Base of Boundless
4. Wind (Vàyo) Kasiõa Space (âkàsàna¤càyatana)
4th Jhàna
3. Fire (Tejo) Kasiõa
3rd Jhàna
2. Water (âpo) Kasiõa 2nd Jhàna
1. Earth (Pathavã) Kasiõa 1st Jhàna
(10 Kasiõa) (8 Attainments)
White (Odàta) Kasina (1st/ 2nd/ 3rd/ 4th Jhànas)
Repulsiveness Attention (pañikåla-manasikàra) (Skeleton) (1st Jhàna or Access Concentration)
Thirty-Two Parts of the Body (dva-ttiṃis-àkàrà)
Four-Elements Meditation Mindfulness of Breathing
(Access Concentration) (1st/ 2nd/ 3rd/ 4th Jhànas)
Pàtimokkha Restraint Faculties Restraint Livelihood Purification Requisites-Related
Morality Morality Morality Morality
(Pàñimokkha-saüvarasãla ) (Indriyasaüvarasãla) (âjãvapàrisuddhisãla) (Paccayasannissitasãla)
(227 rules for Bhikkhus)
Theravàda Nuns: Ten Pabbajja Precepts (dassa-pabbajja-sãla)
Lay Devotees: Five (pa¤ca-sãla), Eight (aññha-sãla), Nine (nava-sãla), Ten Precepts (dassa-sãla)
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