The Foundations of Buddhism

TABLE 4· The forty subjects of calm meditation according to Buddhaghosa

SUBJECT PERSONALITY LEVEL SUBJECT PERSONALITY LEVEL

roKASINAS ID RECOLLECTIONS
earth

l

of the Buddha

water all personality of the Dharma

fire types of the Sangha_

air of good conduct r faith? access

blue

l

yellow rst-4th jhiina of generosity
red hate of mindfulness the gods of death intelligent
white mindfulness of the body greed rstjhiina
light } all personality mindfulness of breathing delusion/discursive rst-4th jhiina
limited space types of peace intelligent access

ID UGLINESSES 4 IMMEASURABLES
the bloated loving kindness

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the livid compassion } rst-3rd jhiina
the festering sympathetic joy hate
the cut-up equanimity 4thjhiina
the gnawed greed rstjhiina
the scattered 4 FORMLESS MEDITATIONS
the ·hacked and scattered boundless space
the bleeding boundless consciousness
the worm-infested nothingness all personality 4thjhiina
the skeleton neither perception nor types

repulsiveness of food }. II"

non-perception

determining the 4 elements mte Igent access