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Patibhaga nimitta

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<poem> Patibhaga Nimitta; counter image; At a time when the (Jhana) practitioner becomes proficient his mind becomes still and there arise the third image called patibhaga nimitta.

It is similar to uggaha nimitta but much much more cleaner and purer and free from any impurity.

Regarding patibhaga nimitta, only 22 kammatthana can give rise to patibhaga nimitta.

They are

   10 kasina kammatthana,
   10 asubha kammatthana,
   kayagatasati kammatthana, and
   anapanassati kammatthana.

See; samatha kamatthana;

Source

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