If one has not diligently trained the Citta of the Sensual Realm, Then the Form Realm Citta cannot arise Concerning the training of the Sensual Realm Citta, one must first of all thoroughly know it and one must question where the Sensual Realm comes into being

The Heart-Base (Hadayavatthu) is the assembly place of the Formations (Sankhara) It is the place they all gather together

These Five Hindrances are like diseases which arise in our hearts; and the Meditation Practices are like remedies which are suitable for curing the diseases Thus, a form of practice should be chosen which is suitable for overcoming one’s main hindrances

One who guards the 8, 10, or 227 moral precepts1 may be considered to have overcome attachment to bodily sense desires, though his heart is still entangled with them Again, he will experience pleasant and painful feelings, strong or weak, according to circumstances, and not being skilled, he will not understand these states clearly

This section deals with the Form-Realm which is the Dhamma-of-Brahma One who is going to be born into one of the sixteen classes of the Brahma worlds, must have kept the Dhamma-of-Brahma1 constantly in his heart in this world [ that is, in this present existence ]

The ceasing of all thought and the dying away of the formations-of-Speech (Vaci-Sankhara) are the identifying marks of the second Jhana The remaining Jhana Factors are then:1) pleasure of body and heart 2) happiness of body and heart and, 3) unification of the Citta

These twenty-five states of the Citta only grasp at objects of the Sensual-Realm They cannot grasp at objects of the Form-Realm, the Formless-Realm, and Transcendental objects

The various images which are seen by the Citta as mentioned above, are the symbols of the sensual-realm and are all either good or bad This type of Citta still cannot enter Jhana, and it thus forms Repetitive or Habitual Kamma and Proximate Kamma

The second stage is included so that one may know the purpose of doing the practice, which is: 1 To drop thoughts, and to stop thinking about external objects

When the sense-doors are presented with a tainted object which comes from bad kamma done just prior to death; then at death the sense-doors cease to function and the Citta which is free of doors (ie