Zero To 60,000 Eons In Bliss:

Zero To 60,000 Eons In Bliss:

Left alone by yourself it is highly unlikely if not impossible that you can achieve even an eon in heaven and it is by courtesy of the Buddha's appearance in this world and his teaching that a way is made known to you how to achieve from one to 60,000 eons in bliss without passing away or death.

IF WHAT THE BUDDHA SAID IS TRUE HE IS THE HIGHEST TEACHER BECAUSE NO ONE HAS NOT ONLY NOT TAUGHT YOU THAT UP TO 60,000 EONS IN HEAVEN IS POSSIBLE AND EXACTLY HOW TO GET THERE BUT EVEN HIGHER, THE CESSATION OF ALL EXISTING AND ENLIGHTENMENT.
THE KEY TO ESCAPE FROM SUFFERING TO SAFETY IS HOW YOU DEVELOP YOUR MIND THAT BEGINS WITH GENUINE AS OPPOSED TO FAKED VIRTUE THAT IS PERVASIVE IN THIS WORLD (NOT LYING, IDLE CHATTERING AND TALE BEARING, NOT KILLING EVEN INSECTS, NOT TAKING INTOXICANTS AND MISCONDUCTING IN SEX) THAT LEADS TO TRUE EFFORTLESS NOBLE CONCENTRATION WITH THEN WITHOUT THINKING THAT THEN LEADS TO EQUANIMITY THAT THEN DEPENDS ON WHETHER YOU ARE STILL DETAINED BY FORM (SPACE) OR CONSCIOUSNESS LEADS TO THE STATE OF ‘NO THINGNESS’ THAT CONFERS THE LONGEST LIFESPAN OF 60,00 EONS.

By establishing well the seclusion from sensual desires and demeritorious thoughts, replacing them with discursive thoughts and a joy and pleasantness born of seclusion one attains the first higher state of mind that has its reward one eon in a formed heaven.

By establishing well the overcoming discursive thoughts and internally appeasing the mind to make it one pointed without thoughts and with joy and pleasantness born of concentration one attains to the second higher state of mind that leads to two eons in heaven.

By further establishing well the equanimity to joy and detachment to abide mindful and aware, experiencing pleasantness with the body too that the noble ones say mindful abiding in pleasantness with equanimity, he attains the third higher state of mind that leads to four eons in heaven with death.

By further establishing well the dispelling of pleasantness and unpleasantness, and earlier having dispelled pleasure and displeasure without unpleasantness and pleasantness and purifying mindfulness with equanimity attains to the fourth higher state of mind that leads to 500 eons in bliss.

By further overcoming all perceptions of matter (form) and going beyond perceptions of anger, not attending to various perceptions, [1] With boundless space attains to the sphere of space. He becomes fully satisfied in it, strives after it and prospers in it. Becoming intent on it and making much of it, without falling away from it, he dies and is born with the gods of the sphere of space that leads 20,000 eons in bliss.
By further overcoming all the sphere of space with boundless consciousness attaining to the sphere of consciousness he attains a lifesan of 40,000 eons in bliss.
By further overcoming all the sphere of consciousness, with there is nothing he attains to the sphere of no-thingness (not even the infinitude of consciousness) and attains a lifespan of 60,000 eons in bliss.
What the Buddha further taught is that nothing in existing is permanent and no matter how long or everlasting, even 60,000 eons come to an end and depending on what he was done previously the being can descend even to hell, the animal womb or ghost realm. But the wise disciple of the Buddha, seeing that all is not self, has cut off all ties and desires, comes to the end of all existing when he completes his lifespan in bliss and is not born anywhere anymore. Only nirvana is unchanging and undeceptive, all else, all existinng is deceptive and unsatisfactory.
"The knowledge of the passing away of all suffering & stress is the highest noble discernment.
"His release, being founded on truth, does not fluctuate, for whatever is deceptive is false; Unbinding -- the undeceptive -- is true. Thus a monk so endowed is endowed with the highest determination for truth, for this -- Unbinding, the undeceptive -- is the highest noble truth.
How long is a world cycle?
4. ßMonk, a world cycle is very long and it is not easy to innumerate it as, `it's this amount of years' or `this amount of hundred years,' or `this amount of thousand years,' or `this amount of hundred thousand years'.û
5. ßVenerable sir, is it possible to give a comparison?û
6. The Blessed One said: ßPossible. Monk, in a poor city there is a block of mustard seeds (1 mm in size) seven miles by the length, breath and the height bound together by the roots. After the lapse of one hundred years a man comes and takes out one of the seeds. By this method the mustard seeds diminish and vanish but the world cycle does not come to an end.
7. ßMonk, so long is the world cycle. Many of these world cycles make a several world cycle and a collection of a hundred of the several world cycles make a several hundred world cycle and a collection of a thousand of the several world cycles make a several thousand world cycle and a collection of a hundred thousand of the several world cycles make a several hundred thousand world cycle.
How many eons or world cycles have there been?
The Buddha says below that the number of past world cycles are innumerable:
4. ßMonks, a large number of world cycles have gone by, it is not easy to innumerate them as `it's this amount of world cycles,' or `this amount of hundred world cycles,' or `this amount of thousand world cycles,' or `this amount of hundred thousand world cycles'.û
5. ßVenerable sir, is it possible to give a comparison?û
6. The Blessed One said: ßPossible. Monks, there are four disciples who have life spans of hundred years. They recollect a hundred thousand world cycles per day. Even while they recollect the world cycle remains The four disciples who have life spans of hundred years and has lived the hundred years pass off at the end of the hundred years.
7. ßMonks, a large number of world cycles have gone by, it is not easy to innumerate them as `it's this amount of world cycles,' or `this amount of hundred world cycles,' or `this amount of thousand world cycles,' or `this amount of hundred thousand world cycles'.
Here, bhikkhus, a certain person secluding from sensual desires and demeritorious thoughts, with thoughts and discursive thoughts and with joy and pleasantness born of seclusion attains to the first higher state of mind. Enjoying it, longing for it, he attains prosperity in it. Keenly applying himself to it, making much of it and not decreasing from it, he dies and is born with the gods of the sphere of Brahma. The life span of those gods is a forward world cycle. Finishing his complete life span there, he would either be born in hell, as a beast, or as a ghost. As for the noble disciples of The Blessed One, they would finish the complete life span there and would extinguish in that same birth. Bhikkhus, this is the difference and diversity between the learned noble disciple and the not learned ordinary man in their course of action, birth and conscience
Again, bhikkhus, a certain person overcoming thoughts and discursive thoughts and internally appeasing the mind making it one pointed without thoughts and discursive thoughts and with joy and pleasantness born of concentration attains to the second higher state of mind. Enjoying it, longing for it he attains prosperity in it. Keenly applying himself to it, making much of it, not decreasing from it he dies and is born with the gods of Radiance. The life span of those gods is two forward world cycles. Finishing his complete life span there, he would either be born in hell, as a beast, or as a ghost. As for the noble disciples of The Blessed One, they would finish the complete life span there and would extinguish in that same birth. Bhikkhus, this is the difference and diversity between the learned noble disciple and the not learned ordinary man in their course of action, birth and conscience
Again, bhikkhus, a certain person with equanimity to joy and detachment abides mindfull and aware experiencing pleasantness with the body tooòo this the noble ones say mindfull abiding in pleasantness with equanimity. He attains to this third higher state of mind. Enjoying it, longing for it he attains prosperity in it. Keenly applying himself to it, making much of it and not decreasing he dies and is born with the lustrous gods. The life span of those gods is four forward world cycles. Finishing his complete life span there, he would either be born in hell, as a beast, or as a ghost. As for the noble disciples of The Blessed One, they would finish the complete life span there and would extinguish in that same birth. Bhikkhus, this is the difference and diversity between the learned noble disciple and the not learned ordinary man in their course of action, birth and conscience
Again, bhikkhus, a certain person dispelling pleasantness and unpleasantness, and earlier having dispelled pleasure and displeasure without unpleasantness and pleasantness and purifying mindfulness with equanimity attains to the fourth higher state of mind. Enjoying it, longing for it he attains prosperity in it. Keenly applying himself to it, making much of it and not decreasing he dies and is born with the gods of Space. The life span of those gods is five hundred forward world cycles. Finishing his complete life span there, he would either be born in hell, as a beast, or as a ghost. As for the noble disciples of The Blessed One, they would finish the complete life span there and would extinguish in that same birth. Bhikkhus, this is the difference and diversity between the learned noble disciple and the not learned ordinary man in their course of action, birth and conscience.
Here, bhikkhus, a certain person overcoming all perceptions of matter and going beyond perceptions of anger, not attending to various perceptions, [1] With boundless space attains to the sphere of space. He becomes fully satisfied in it, strives after it and prospers in it. Becoming intent on it and making much of it, without falling away from it, he dies and is born with the gods of the sphere of space. The gods of the sphere of space have a life span of twenty thousand forward world cycles. An ordinary person having completed that life span would go even to hell, the animal world or be born with the ghosts. As for the disciples of the Blessed One, completing that life span would extinguish in that same birth. Bhikkhus, this is the difference and the peculiarity in the course of action, birth and conscience of the noble disciple and the ordinary person.
Again, bhikkhus, a certain person overcoming all the sphere of space With boundless consciousness attains to the sphere of consciousness. He becomes fully satisfied in it, strives after it and prospers in it. Becoming intent on it and making much of it, without falling away from it, he dies and is born with the gods of the sphere of consciousness. The gods of the sphere of consciousness have a life span of forty thousand forward world cycles. An ordinary person having completed that life span would go even to hell, the animal world or be born with the ghosts. As for the disciples of the Blessed One, completing that life span would extinguish in that same birth. Bhikkhus, this is the difference and the peculiarity in the course of action, birth and conscience of the noble disciple and the ordinary person.
Again, bhikkhus, a certain person overcoming all the sphere of consciousness, with there is nothing attains to the sphere of no-thingness. He becomes fully satisfied in it, strives after it and prospers in it. Becoming intent on it and making much of it, without falling away from it, he dies and is born with the gods of the sphere of no thingness. The gods of the sphere of no-thingness have a life span of sixty thousand forward world cycles. An ordinary person having completed that life span would go even to hell, the animal world or be born with the ghosts. As for the disciples of the Blessed One, completing that life span would extinguish in that same birth. Bhikkhus, this is difference and the peculiarity in the course of action, birth and conscience of the noble disciple and the ordinary person. Bhikkhus, these three persons are evident in the world.
You Have Shed More Blood Than The Four Oceans:
9. ßIndeed monks, the blood you have shed on account of the neck being severed from the body in this long journey in existences running from one existence to another, is more than the water in the four great oceans.
10. ßMonks, you have long experienced the severing of the neck from the body and the shedding of blood when you were born as cattle, that blood is more than the water in the four great oceans.
11. ßMonks, you have long experienced the severing of the neck from the body and the shedding of blood when you were born as buffaloes, that blood is more than the water in the four great oceans.
12. ßMonks, you have long experienced the severing of the neck from the body and the shedding of blood when you were born as sheep, that blood is more than the water in the four great oceans.
13. ßMonks, ... re ... born as goats ... re ...
14. ßMonks, ... re ... born as deer... re ...
15. ßMonks, ... re ... born as fowl ... re ...
16. ßMonks, ... re ... born as pigs..... re ...
17. ßMonks, you have long experienced the severing of the neck from the body and the shedding of blood when you were taken as robbers who destroy villages, that blood is more than the water in the four great oceans ...
18. ßMonks, you have long experienced the severing of the neck from the body and the shedding of blood when you were taken as robbers who wait in ambush, that blood is more than the water in the four great oceans ...
19. ßMonks, you have long experienced the severing of the neck from the body and the shedding of blood when you were taken as robbers who went to other wives that blood is more than the water in the four great oceans ...
20. ßWhat is the reason? Monks, without an end is the train of existence, a beginning cannot be pointed out, of beings enveloped in ignorance and bound by craving, running from one existence to another.
ßMonks, it is suitable that you should turn away from all determinations, fade and be released from them.û
Co dependent arising:
According to the Buddha, an understanding of codependent arising is crucial to the wellbeing of a person.
Birth and death are not the beginning and end of a being but they are illusory that beings take very real and believe in delusion that is hard to shake off. Because they perceive death as the final ending, they are even more attached to preserve their lives here. But birth and death are delusions that keep foolish beings bound to existence in the lower realms and suffering.
Thus not from birth but from ignorance or not knowing (things as they truly are) as a requisite comes fabrications of activities of the mind that are powered by mental force that is excessive and unnecessary in the lower realms but is minimal and necessary in wise beings of the higher realms. The activities or fabrications of a mind can only be its perceiving (seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching), thinking, saying and doing which have nothing to do with consciousness and can occur without consciousness and therefore precedes consciousness. Just as your body can digest and breath without your consciousness, just as a computer can perform its many tasks, a TV can produce a stream of images without possessing consciousness, similarly all activities of the mind are without consciousness, have nothing to do with consciousness and can occur without consciousness that only come afterwards to observe, experience and direct the activities or fabricating. Thus from fabrications or activities that are manifestations of mental force that is excessive and unnecessary in lesser beings as a requisite comes consciousness to observe, experience and direct.
From consciousness as a requisite comes (makes possible) name and form or the physical or external world and from this physical world as a requisite comes the sensory media which are sight, sound, touch, taste and smell. It is possible for objects to exist without you perceiving it (eg you cannot hear high pitched sounds that exist but dogs can, you cannot see ultraviolet or infrared light that exists) and therefore name and form precedes the sensory media.
From the existence of the sensory media as a requisite comes contact between you and various objects.
From contact comes feeling. Feelings are passive, an experience by the consciousness that can only be pleasant, unpleasant or neither pleasant nor unpleasant. Paper tastes neither pleasant nor unpleasant.
From feeling as a requisite comes craving or emotional liking.
From craving as a requisite comes clinging and sustenance or the desire to exist or continue as it is or repeat it.
From clinging and sustenance comes becoming or a progression that is necessary in order for a being to experience his sensations.
From becoming comes birth. In order for you to become you must be born or has a beginning to a sequence that enables you to experience.
From birth come old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, and despair.
From the cessation of ignorance comes the cessation of fabrications.
From the cessation of fabrications comes the cessation of consciousness.
From the cessation of consciousness comes the cessation of name-and-form.
From the cessation of name-and-form comes the cessation of the six sense media.
From the cessation of the six sense media comes the cessation of contact.
From the cessation of contact comes the cessation of feeling.
From the cessation of feeling comes the cessation of craving.
From the cessation of craving comes the cessation of clinging/sustenance.
From the cessation of clinging/sustenance comes the cessation of becoming.
From the cessation of becoming comes the cessation of birth.
From the cessation of birth, then old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, and despair all cease. Such is the cessation of this entire mass of stress and suffering.
Then, the Blessed One on that occasion exclaimed:
As phenomena grow clear
to the brahmin -- ardent, absorbed --
his doubts all vanish
when he penetrates the ending
of requisite conditions.
The breakdown of pretense:
It is not virtue but pretense that the allegations regarding the Altanturya murder is not there because no one speaks in public to him about it that caused Najib to remain silent hoping it will go away and again it is not virtue but the forceful breakdown of pretense like an emotional dam that has been breached that caused him to now deny the allegations against him.
Surely he knows the rumors circulating but he is using force to ignore them because everyone including himself has discreetly swept the issue under the carpet or pretended it did not exist or denied.
But when he and his wife were confronted by demonstrators shouting abusively regarding “Altanturya”, “Mongolian” and “Kapal selam”, being an emotional man, his emotions or defiance became aroused to uncontrollable levels that he must speak and it is to be expected that he should say he is innocent even if it is the opposite.
IT IS NOT JUST HERE BUT EVERYWHERE ELSE, NOT JUST NAJIB BUT EVEN ALL HUMANITY ITSELF INCLUDING THOSE WHO WANT TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO OTHERS THAT INDULGES IN PRETENSE OR MAKE BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING EXISTS OR HAS HAPPENED WHEN IT DOES NOT OR HAS NOT HAPPENED, SOMETHING DOES NOT EXIST OR DID NOT HAPPEN WHEN IT DOES SO OR HAS HAPPENED, SO INTENSE THAT THEY OFTEN UNAWARE THEY ARE PRETENDING RATHER THAN PRACTICING TRUTH AND EXISTING IN REALITY.
IT IS ALWAYS PAINFUL OR TORMENTING TO EXIST IN PRETENSE AND THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION OF SUCH PRESTENSE IS MADNESS OR MAD PERCEPTION THAT WHAT EXISTS DOES NOT AND WHAT DOES NOT DOES.
Straightforwardness:
STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS WITHOUT PRETENSE OR BEATING AROUND THE BUSH IS WHAT I AM ABOUT AND THIS IS INDEPENDENTLY ATTESTED AS VIRTUOUS TO BY THE BUDDHA.
THERE ARE MANY WHO LIKE TO THINK THEY ARE STRAIGHTFORWARD BUT IT IS MAKE BELIEF THAN ACTUAL.
27. Bhikkhus, one with secret actions should expect one of these courses of action, either hell or the animal world. Bhikkhus, one with straightforward should expect one of these courses of action, birth among gods or men.
28 Bhikkhus, one with wrong view should expect one of these courses of action, either hell or the animal world.
29.Bhikkhus, one with right view should expect one of these courses of action, birth among gods or men.
Householder, there are two groups to receive gifts, they are the trainers and those who have gone beyond the training. Householder, gifts should be given to them. Then the Blessed One further said:
The trainers and those gone beyond the training are suitable for gifts
They are straightforward in body, speech and mind
And are a field of merit for those making sacrifices.
Bhikkhus, on account of three things the well-known bhikkhu follows the method of well being, good will and pleasantness of many gods and men. What three? Arousing straightforward bodily actions, verbal actions and straightforward thoughts. Bhikkhus, the well-known bhikkhu endowed with these three things follows the method for the well being, good will and pleasantness of many gods and men.