"Just as if a goldsmith or goldsmith's apprentice were to set up a smelter. Having set up the smelter, he would fire the receptacle. Having fired the receptacle, he would take hold of some gold with his tongs and place it in the receptacle." 1/
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"Periodically he would blow on it, periodically sprinkle it with water, periodically examine it closely." 2/
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"If he were solely to blow on it, it is possible that the gold would burn up. If he were solely to sprinkle it with water, it is possible that the gold would grow cold. If he were solely to examine it closely, it is possible that the gold would not come to full perfection." 3/
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"But when he periodically blows on it, periodically sprinkles it with water, periodically examines it closely, the gold becomes pliant, malleable, & luminous. It is not brittle, and is ready to be worked." 4/
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"Then whatever sort of ornament he has in mind — whether a belt, an earring, a necklace, or a gold chain — the gold would serve his purpose." 5/
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"In the same way, a monk intent on heightened mind should attend periodically to three themes: he should attend periodically to the theme of concentration; he should attend periodically to the theme of uplifted energy; he should attend periodically to the theme of equanimity." 6/
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"If the monk intent on heightened mind were to attend solely to the theme of concentration, it is possible that his mind would tend to laziness." 7/
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"If he were to attend solely to the theme of uplifted energy, it is possible that his mind would tend to restlessness." 8/
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"If he were to attend solely to the theme of equanimity, it is possible that his mind would not be rightly centered for the stopping of the fermentations." 9/
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"But when he attends periodically to the theme of concentration ... to the theme of uplifted energy ... to the theme of equanimity, his mind is pliant, malleable, luminous, and not brittle. It is rightly centered for the stopping of the fermentations." 10/10
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Nimitta Sutta
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Replying to @NoaidiX
Three elements, forces, materials, processes etc. is a consistent theme regardless of the tradition. We often hear talk about duality and miss the observation that only trinity makes complete
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