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Tipiṭakacūḷābhayatthero panetthāha – "ākāsakasiṇasamāpajjanaṃ, āvuso, kimatthiyaṃ, kiṃ hatthiassādīni abhinimminitukāmo hatthiassādi kasiṇāni samāpajjati, nanu yattha katthaci kasiṇe parikammaṃ katvā aṭṭhasamāpattivasībhāvoyeva pamāṇaṃ.
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89. But here the Elder Tipiṭaka Cūḷa-Abhaya said: “Friends, what is the use of attaining the space-kasiṇa [jhāna]? Does one who wants to create elephants, horses, etc., attain an elephant-kasiṇa jhāna or horse-kasiṇa jhāna, and so on? Surely the only standard is mastery in the eight attainments, and after the preliminary work has been done on any kasiṇa,
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Bhikkhū āhaṃsu – "pāḷiyā, bhante, ākāsakasiṇaṃyeva āgataṃ, tasmā avassametaṃ vattabba"nti.
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The bhikkhus said, “Venerable sir, only the space kasiṇa has been given in the text, so it should certainly be mentioned.”
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