| 12.
Anulomanana (Knowledge
of Adaptation and Conformity) |
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| This
yana helps the yogi
to realize the Four Noble Truths because it is a very
complete wisdom. This wisdom derives from the previous yana.
This yana is very strong wisdom:
it has more faith, more earnestness, more mindfulness, and
more wisdom than the previous yanas
– because it has realized dukkha-sacca
and samudaya-sacca. Stated in
terms of Bodhipakkhiyadhamma,
this wisdom is perfect at the level of the Bojjhangas
(Seven Factors of Enlightenment) because it helps to realize
the Four Noble Truths. |
| There
are three steps of wisdom in Buddhism (see Fig. 3-1): |
| 1st and 2nd yana: Yataparinna
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(full knowledge as the known) |
| 3rd and 4th yana: Tiranaparinna
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(full knowledge as investigating) |
| 5th to 14th yana: Pahanaparinna
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(full knowledge as abandoning) |
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| Vipassana-dhura
(duty) starts from the 1st yana
and gets rid of kilesa step by
step, until the 12th yana (Anulomanana)
is reached. This wisdom is still mundane (lokiya)
– it has mundane functions. At Anulomanana
the first two Noble Truths, Dukkha-Sacca
and Samudaya-Sacca, have been
realized, using the three characteristics as an object. With
this yana nama and rupa
end as an object. And so does vipassana-nana.
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| Anulomanana
is the wisdom that brings any one of the three characteristics
(nama-rupa) to cross over to
maggavitthi, which is the citta
that governs path consciousness (see last 3 paragraphs of
11th yana). This occurs in just
three thought moments (cittakhana).
The wisdom for Anulomanana comes
from sankhara-pekkhanana (eleventh
yana). Anulomanana
(twelfth) is a supportive or aiding condition (paccaya)
of Gottara-bhunana (thirteenth). |
| The
process of crossing from Anulomanana
(12th) to Gottara-bhunana (13th)
is as follows: |
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| It
is like swinging on a rope across a stream. The grasping of
the rope is at Parikamma (the
1st wisdom of Anulomanana), which
prepares one for Maggacitta (path
consciousness); the next swing of the rope takes one to the
midstream or Upacara (the second
wisdom); and Anulomanana then
takes one just above the other shore. When one drops down
to the further shore, the mind is in Gottarabhu-nana.
The mind now has nibbana as an
object. |
| Anulomanana
is the last yana, which is in
the mundane sphere – i.e., has nama-rupa
as an object. From now on nibbana
becomes the object. |
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| The
way described above, in which the mundane mind goes to supramundane,
is called dhammaniyana (the order
of the norm). |
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