Does 'samadhi-nimitta' mean 'undistractable-lucidity-themes'?
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I read the following on the internet:
> In MN 44, the four remembrance-establishings (are)
> undistractable-lucidity-themes.
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> Any topic for satipatthana "mindfulness", can be a topic for samādhi
> nimitta, or a subject for jhāna meditation to investigate with
> dhamma-vicaya, vitakka and vicāra, upekkha, sati and sampajāno in the
> higher jhānas. The nimitta of samādhi can be visual, or conceptual,
> and both, just as it can be in guarding the sense doors.
> In AN 4.14, samādhi nimitta suggested one develops are the corpse in
> various stages.
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> Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu uppannaṃ bhaddakaṃ samādhinimittaṃ
> anurakkhati aṭṭhikasaññaṃ puḷavakasaññaṃ vinīlakasaññaṃ
> vicchiddakasaññaṃ uddhumātakasaññaṃ. It’s when a monk preserves a
> meditation subject that’s a fine basis of undistractible-lucidity: the
> perception of a skeleton, a worm-infested corpse, a livid corpse, a
> split open corpse, or a bloated corpse.
Does the term 'samādhi nimitta' in MN 44 above really mean '*undistractable-lucidity-themes*'? If so, why is 'samādhi nimitta' translated as '*basis of undistractible-lucidity*' in AN 4.14 above?
Asked by Paraloka Dhamma Dhatu
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Oct 31, 2023, 10:39 AM
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