YOUTHFUL PLAY # AREA VIII are these not emanations on the basis o f samadhi? you ask O f course they are, but they are emanations contained in Desire (2) The sphere of the Formless b -d The Formless’ sphere is suffering And such of own and higher levels, Compatible with subsequent knowing T he sphere o f the four emancipations o f Formless is the suffering and such, including origin and all paths, o f their own and higher levels that is com pat ible w ith subsequent knowing It is possible that the Formless emancipations can be the samadhi of no attributes o f no attributes, so they can also be nonanalytic cessation Noncomposite space is also the object of the sense base of Infinite Consciousness W hy is there no emancipation presented on the third dhyana? you ask Be cause it has no desire for the colors o f the level o f second dhyana and because it is produced by absorption of pleasure, it is not presented Well then, if on the third dhyana also there is no desire for color, why is the emancipation of the lovely produced on the fourth dhyana? you ask As one is discouraged by repulsiveness, it is to make oneself intensely joyous or else to analyze whether or not the repulsive emancipations have been accomplished If when paying attention to the lovely, afflictions not arise, those two have been accomplished b The overpowering sense bases This has two topics: i Classifications, and ii Explanation o f their characteristics i Classifications 35a Eight overpowering sense bases According to the sutras, while conceiving o f internal form, viewing small ex ternal forms with good and bad colors and viewing large external forms with good and bad colors are the first two overpowering sense bases W hile con ceiving that there is no internal form, viewing the same two are the third and fourth W hile conceiving only that there is no internal form, viewing external forms that are blue, yellow, red, and white are the last four W hen these eight all have overpowered those forms, the sort o f conception that arises is the first through the eighth overpowering sense bases Conceiving of internal form and that there is no internal form is the con 574 THE QUALITIES SUPPORTED BY SAMADHI ception o f the form o f the viewer himself being destroyed or not Small and large are forms o f sentient beings and the world Good and bad colors are at tractive and unattractive Overpowering them is gaining mastery Knowing and seeing are explained as paths o f no obstacles and liberation, or tranquility and insight according to Master Arya.339 In the sutra, for the four colors there are four phrases using the words blue and so forth that are repeated twice each, once for the example and once for the meaning The first m ention is an overview, the second the natural, the third the fabricated, and the fourth the dharmas common to both The flax, karnikara flowers,340 bandhujivaka flow ers, and the planet Venus are examples of the natural, and the cloth is an ex ample o f the fabricated.341 ii Explanation of their characteristics This has three points (1) Explanation of the tw o overpowering sense bases of that with form viewing form 35b Two like the first emancipation; O f those, the first two overpowering sense bases are like the first emancipation in the particulars o f their nature, level, and aspects (2) Explanation of the two overpowering sense bases of that without form viewing form 35c Two like the second Two o f the overpowering sense bases, the third and fourth, are views like the second emancipation (3) Explanation of the four overpowering sense bases of color 35cd Others are like Emancipation o f the lovely The others, the four emancipations of color, like em ancipation o f lovely are on the level of fourth dhyana, focus on attractive forms of the Form realm, are nongreed by nature, and are the five aggregates, it should be understood c The all-encompassing sense bases This has two topics: i Classifications, and ii Their individual natures 575 YOUTHFUL PLAY * AREA VIII i Classifications 36a Ten all-encompassing sense bases T he sutras teach o f the ten all-encom passing sense bases, which have the meaning of making the visualized aspect pervade the focus uninterruptedly To classify them, there are the ten o f earth, water, fire, air, blue, yellow, red, white, space, and consciousness ii Their individual natures This has two points (1) Explaining the first eight 36bc Eight are nongreed on the last dhyana Their sphere is Desire O f these, the first eight are in essence the virtue o f nongreed They are on the level of the last fourth dhyana T heir sphere is the sense base form of Desire, similar to how the four sources are known as color and shape in the world.342 According to some, since it says, “The atmosphere/Is the element itself ”343 the object of the all-encompassing sense base o f wind is touch (2) Explaining the last two 36cd Two are pure Formless; Their sphere is their four aggregates It is explained in the Levels344 that the other sense bases are not set forth as all-encompassing, since sound is discontinuous; and since the five faculties not pervade the world, and scent and taste not pervade the Form realm The last two all-encompassing sense bases are in nature the pure virtue of the first two Formless equipoises T heir sphere is their own level’s four ag gregates only, unlike the Formless emancipations described above, because here it is in terms o f focus on particulars, the learned ones have said The last two Formless are not set forth as all-encompassing sense bases since they are unclear and thus incompatible with expanding and contracting, or according to some, since they are the result of the all-encompassing It is ex plained in the Great Compendium;345 because the all-encompassing o f Infinite Space and Consciousness is infinitely and immeasurably accom plished, so there is no enhancement o f that 576 THE QUALITIES SUPPORTED BY SAMADHI T he distinctions am ong the emancipations, overpowering sense bases, and all-encompassing sense bases is that their qualities gradually increase First the emancipations are directed away from the discards Then the discards are overpowered T hen it is made pervasive, so as the earlier are perfected and purified, the latter arise, and they are each superior to the previous For that reason, they are lesser, medium, and greater, or cause, both cause and result, and result only How they are attained 37ab Cessation has been explained The rest Are gained through detachment or by training O f these twenty-six, the support and attainm ent of the emancipation of ces sation have already been explained in the second area.346 T h e rest, the re maining twenty-five, are gained merely through detachm ent if familiar— that is, if they have ever arisen before— or if unfamiliar, by training and effort, be cause they arise from the power o f habituation or nonhabituation Distinctions of support This has two points i Actual 37cd The Formless are supported by Three realms The rest arise in humans T he four emancipations called Formless and two o f the all-encompassing are supported by three realms The rest, the other nineteen, arise in hum ans, so they are only on the support of humans This is because they must be pro duced by the power o f scripture, and the gods and other wanderers not have the scriptures ii Elaboration 38ab In two realms, the power of cause and karma Produces Formless equipoise Well then, since there are no scriptures there, how the absorptions of dhyana and the Formless o f higher levels arise in the higher two realms? you ask The absorptions o f dhyana and the Formless are produced by the power of four things: scripture, cause, karma, and dharma nature In the higher two realms, there is no scripture, but the power o f both cause and karm a produces 57 YOUTHFUL PLAY * AREA VIII Formless equipoise Production by power o f cause is when previously on a hum an support one has meditated on the samadhi o f the Peak o f Existence and regressed from that After being born either on one o f the lower Formless levels or in the Form realm, through the cause o f same status of previous m ed itation, the samadhi o f the Peak arises Production by force o f karma is also when in a previous hum an life one performs karma that will definitely ripen as birth in the Peak in a future life After regressing, one is born in one o f the previously m entioned lower levels, and since one must definitely be reborn on the Peak, at that point the absorption of the Peak will be attained This also has a causal aspect, but since karma is primary it is explained to be called produced by the power o f karma How samadhi arises 38cd Those two and also dharma nature Produce the dhyanas in Form realm Those two powers of cause and karma, and also the power of the dharm a na ture produce the dhyanas in the Form realm Second, an explanation of the branch that completes the composition, the actual summary of the treatise This has three topics: A How long the teach ings will remain, B The summary of the treatise itself, and C The m anner of completing the explanation A How long the teachings will remain This has two points The teachings 39ab The Teacher’s True Dharm a is twofold: In essence, scripture and realization How long will this true abhidharma that explains the aspects o f dharmas— defiled, undefiled, level, focus, aspects, and so forth— remain? you ask T he Teacher s True D harm a is twofold: in essence, it is the Three Baskets of scrip ture and realization, the factors of enlightenment How long they will remain 39cd 578 These are upheld only by those W ho teach them and accomplish them ... phrases using the words blue and so forth that are repeated twice each, once for the example and once for the meaning The first m ention is an overview, the second the natural, the third the fabricated,... ii Their individual natures This has two points (1 ) Explaining the first eight 36bc Eight are nongreed on the last dhyana Their sphere is Desire O f these, the first eight are in essence the. .. says, ? ?The atmosphere/Is the element itself ”343 the object of the all-encompassing sense base o f wind is touch (2 ) Explaining the last two 36cd Two are pure Formless; Their sphere is their