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[509] Repeat the two foregoing sections, substituting in order the three remaining Modes of Progress : ' progress whereto is painful, but intuition quick,' * progress whereto is easy, but intuition sluggish,' and * progress whereto is easy, and intuition quick' (§§ 176-180). [(ii.) The Notion of Emptiness applied to Purification (s u d d h i k a-s u n n a t a m) .] [510] Which are the states that are indeterminate ? When he cultivates the Jhana of the Higher Ideal (the rapt meditation), whereby there is a going forth and onward, making for the undoing of rebirth, and when, that he may ^ The compilers would appear, here and in certain subsequent answers, to have made an attempt at con- densation otherwise than by the usual . . . pe . . . This is, I believe, a very rare instance. 141 attain to the First Stage, he has put away views and opinions, and so, aloof from sensuous appetites, aloof from evil ideas, he enters into and abides in the First Jhana . . . which is Empty — then there is contact . . . balance. Now these . . . are states that are good. But when, as the result of just this good Jhana having been wrought, having been cultivated in pursuit of the Higher Ideal, he, aloof from sensuous appetites, aloof from evil ideas, enters into and abides in the First Jhana . . . which is Empty . . . [or] [511] which is Signless ... [or] [512] which is Aimless — then there is contact . . . balance. And these . . . are states that are indeterminate. [513] Repeat in the case of each of the remaining Jhdnas on the Fourfold System, and of all the J lianas on the Five- fold System, [(iii.) The Four Modes of Progress taken in connexion with the Notion of Emptiness (s u n n a t a^-p a t i p a d a). The First Mode.] [514] Which are the states that are indeterminate ? When he cultivates the Jhana of the Higher Ideal (the rapt meditation), whereby there is a going forth and onward, making for the undoing of rebirth, and when, that he may attain to the First Stage, he has put away views and opinions, and so, aloof from sensuous appetites, aloof from evil ideas, he enters into and abides in the First Jhana . . - progress whereto is painful and intuition sluggish, and which is Empty, then there is contact . . . balance. Now these . . . are states that are good. But when, as the result of just this good Jhana having been wrought, having been cultivated in pursuit of the Higher Ideal, he, aloof from sensuous appetites, ^ Sic lege. 14^ aloof from evil ideas, enters into and abides in the First Jhana . . . progress whereto is painful and intuition sluggish, and which is Empty ... . . . [or] [515] which is Signless ... . . . [or] [516] which is Aimless, then there is contact . . . balance. And these . . . are states that are indeterminate. [517] Repeat in the case of each of the remaining Jhdnas on the Fourfold System, and of all the Jhdnas on the Five- fold System. [The Second, Third and Fourth Modes.] [518] Which are the states that are indeterminate ? When he cultivates the Jhana of the Higher Ideal (the rapt meditation), whereby there is a going forth and onward, making for the undoing of rebirth, and when, that he may attain to the First Stage, he has put away views and opinions, and so, aloof from sensuous appetites, aloof from evil ideas, he enters into and abides in the First Jhana . . . — progress whereto is painful, but intuition quick, and which is Empty . . . — progress whereto is easy, but intuition sluggish, and which is Empty . . . — progress whereto is easy and intuition quick, and which is Empty . . . [Repeat, substituting each of the remaining Jhdnas in the case of each of the three Modes] . . . then these constitute good (karma). But when, as the result [of this or that Jhana in any the three Modes], he enters into and abides in any of the Jhanas taken in order, which is in any of the three Modes, and which is Empty . . . . . . [or] which is Signless . . . . . . [or] which is Aimless, 143 then there is contact . . . balance. And these . . . are states that are indeterminate. [(iv.) The Notion of Aimlessness applied to Purification (s u d d h i k a-a ppanihitam).] [519] Which are the states that are indeterminate ? When he cultivates the Jhana of the Higher Ideal (the rapt meditation), whereby there is a going forth and onward, making for the undoing of rebirth, and when, that he may attain to the First Stage, he has put away views and opinions, and so, aloof from sensuous appetites, aloof from evil ideas, he enters into and abides in the First Jhana . . . which is Aimless, then there is contact . . . balance. Now these . . . are states that are good. But when, as the result of just this good Jhana having been wrought, having been cultivated in pursuit of the Higher Ideal, he, aloof from sensuous appetites, aloof from evil ideas, enters into and abides in the First Jhana . . . . . . which is Aimless ... . . . [o?*] [520] which is Signless . . . . . . [or] [521] which is Empty, then there is contact . . . balance. And these . . . are states that are indeterminate. [522] Repeat in the case of each q/ the remaining Jhanas on the Fourfold System, and of all the Jhanas on the Five- fold System, [(v.) The Four Modes of Progress taken in connexion with the Notion of Aimlessness (appanihit a-p a t i- pada).] [523] Which are the states that are indeterminate ? When he cultivates the Jhana of the Higher Ideal (the rapt meditation), whereby there is a going forth and onward, making for the undoing of rebirth, and when, that he may attain to the First Stage, he has put away views and 144 opinions, and so, aloof from sensuous appetites, aloof from evil ideas, enters into and abides in the First Jhana . . . progress whereto is difficult and intuition sluggish, and which is Aimless, then there is contact . . . balance. Now these . . . are states that are good. But when, as the result of just this good Jhana having been wrought, having been cultivated in pursuit of the Higher Ideal, he, aloof from sensuous appetites, aloof from evil ideas, enters into and abides in the first Jhana . . . progress whereto is difficult and intuition sluggish, and which is Aimless . . . • • • [<^^] [524] which is Signless ... . . . [or] [525] which is Empty, then there is contact . . . balance. And these . . . are states that are indeterminate. [526] Which are the states that are indeterminate ? When he cultivates the Jhana of the Higher Ideal (the rapt meditation) whereby there is a going forth and onward, making for the undoing of rebirth, and when, that he may attain to the First Stage, he has put away views and opinions, and so, suppressing the working of conception and of thought discursive,^ he enters into and abides in the Second Jhana, or into [any of the remaining Jhanas, both on the Fourfold and the Fivefold System] . . . progress whereto is difficult and intuition sluggish, and which is Aimless, then this constitutes good (karma). But when, as the result [of this or that Jhana the cor- responding Jhana is attained]^ progress whereto is difficult and intuition sluggish, and which is Aimless, [or] which is Signless,^ ^ For vivicceva kamehi read vitakkavicfiranam vupasama. 2 For appanihitan ti vipako repeated read ani- mittan ti vipako. 145 [or] which is Empty/ then there is contact . . . balance. And these . . . are states that are indeterminate. [527] The Second, Third and Fourth Modes are now substituted in turn, as teas done in § 518. [The Eemaining Nineteen Great Methods.] [528] Which are the states that are indeterminate ? Here folloiv nineteen concepts, each of which can he sub- stituted for * the Jhana of the Higher Ideal ' in the preceding exercises (§§ 505-528), the exercise to which they are actually applied in this paragraph being the * Modes of Progress in Purification ' ^^2;e?^ m §§ 505-509. These nineteen concepts are enumerated in § 358. [(vi.) The Modes of Progress in Purification taken in connexion with the Dominant Influence of Desire (c h a n d- adhipateyy a-suddhika-pa tipada).]^ [529] Which are the states that are indeterminate ?