40b: The Last Days 2, In Vajji – 1541
5. Some other person with an excellent mental capacity or intelligence,
without taking the colour of his body as an object of preliminary
concentration, concentrates on external forms (
kasiṇa
) that are dark
blue, with a dark blue colour, dark blue hue, like the flax-blossom
which is dark blue, with a dark blue colour, dark blue hue, or like
Bārāṇasī fabric with a smooth finish on both sides, which is dark blue
and has a dark blue colour, dark blue hue. He concentrates on external
forms that are dark blue, with a dark blue colour, dark blue hue, as
objects of preliminary concentration. His mind duly gets fixed on them,
gains mastery over them, and he thus dwells in absorption. After
emerging from that absorption, he is aware that he knows and sees
these forms. This is the fifth mind mastery.
6. Some other person with an excellent mental capacity or intelligence,
without taking the colour of his body as an
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object of preliminary
concentration, concentrates on external forms (
kasiṇa
) that are yellow,
with a yellow colour, yellow hue, or like Bārāṇasī fabric with a smooth
finish on both sides, which is yellow and has a yellow colour, yellow
hue. He concentrates on these external forms that are yellow, with a
yellow colour, yellow hue, as objects of preliminary concentration. His
mind duly gets fixed on them, gains mastery over them, and he thus
dwells in absorption. After emerging from that absorption, he is aware
that he knows and sees these forms. This is the sixth mind mastery.
7.
Some other person with an excellent mental capacity or intelligence,
without taking the colour of his body as an object of preliminary
concentration, concentrates on external forms (
kasiṇa
) that are red,
with a red colour, red hue, like a flower of the Noon Flower tree
(
bandhu-jīvaka
) which is red, with a red colour, red hue, or like
Bārāṇasī fabric with a smooth finish on both sides, which is red and has
a red colour, red hue. He concentrates on these external forms that are
red, with a red colour, red hue, as objects of preliminary concentration.
His mind duly gets fixed on them, gains mastery over them, and he thus
dwells in absorption. After emerging from that absorption, he is aware
that he knows and sees these forms. This is the seventh mind mastery.
8.
Some other person with an excellent mental capacity or intelligence,
without taking the colour of his body as an object of preliminary