Mobile VersionThe Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering # 4The Buddha taught us to be mindful of the body in the body,by seeing and consid erring the inner bodies the whole of the time.The Noble Eightfold Path arises at All Levels of AdvancementThee Noble Eightfold Path arises at All Levels of Advancement The Noble Eightfold Path can be found at all levels of advancement, whether it be the Sensual Sphere [kamavacarabhumai], the Form Sphere [rupavacarabhumi], the Formless Sphere [arupavacarabhumi] or the Transcendental level then it is called the Transcendental Path [lokuttaramagga]. If it arises in the Sensual Sphere then it is called the Mundane Path [lokiyamagga]. For the mundane version of the Noble Eightfold Path, this is when the faithful cultivate wholesomeness by generosity [dana], keeping the Percepts [sila], practicing meditation [bhavana] and hearing Dhamma teachings, Any time such a faithful person is generous, keeps the Precepts, listens to Dhamma teachings or practices meditation, they can be said to be cultivatinthe Noble Eightfold Path –because the Eightfold Path will arise for a person hand –in – hand with wholesome behavior no matter whether it is generosity or self-discipline or any of the other virtues.For as long as a meditator cultivates the Noble Eightfold Path purely, completely and according to the principles of the Middle Way (i.e. with the mind entering continuously upon the pathway at the centre of the body), the mind will be liberated frommood influences in the outside world. Once the mind has adjusted itself, the meditator will see the diamond clear Pathama Magga Sphere (Dhammanupassanasatipatthana Sphere) at the centre of his or her body. At it’s the size of the full moon. At its largest it will be the size of the midday sun. The pathama Magga Sphere arises when all eigh components of the Noble Eightfold Pathare present and fuse into unity [maggasamangi]. This is the trailhead of the pathway to Nirvana.Once the mind has adjusted itselfม the meditator will see the diamond clear Pathama Magga SphereHaving attained the Pathama Magga Sphere, if the meditator were just to place their mind there in quietude, it might revert to be influenced by external influences again and eventually the state of meditation would be lost. Thus it is taught that instead of just resting the mind in quietude, one should allow one’s mind to go deeper throught the centre of that sphere – the Pathama Magga Sphere will enlarge in size allowing the mind to go through the centre to the spheres of self-discipline, concentration, wisdom, liberation, knowingand –seeing of liberation in that order. These spheres are in nested layers. Going deeper, the inner bodies will be attained (in keeping with the ‘mindfulness of the body in the body’ principle of the Satipatthana Sutta). The Buddha taught us to be mindful of the body in the body, by seeing and consid erring the inner bodies the whole of the time. If those bodies are still subject to the Three Signs (impermanence, suffering and not – self), He taught us to let go of our attachment to them and go further through the centre until attaining the Body of Enlightenment – the most subtle of the inner bodies.The inner bodies between the Pathama Magga Sphere and the body of Enlightenment which are still subject to the Three signs Comprise: the Subtle Human Body, the Angelic Body, the Subtle Angelic Body, the Brahma Body, the subtle Brahma Body, the Formless Brahma Body and the Subtle Formess brahma Body. All of These inner bodies are made up of the five Aggregates [khandha] i.e. corporeality [rupa], feeling [uedana], sense-registration (perception) [sanna], mental for mations [sankhara], and consciousness [vinnana].Its corporeality, feeling, perception, mental formations and conscipusness have been distilled to the point of purity.By contrast the Body of Enlightenment is not subject to the Three Sugns because it is made not of mundane Aggregates but ‘Pure Aggregates’ [dhammakhandha]. Its corporeality, feeling, perception, mental formations and conscipusness have been distilled to the point of purity. The bodies of Enlightenment also come in several different forms depending on the degree of this purification, but they remain distinct from the mundane [lokiya] inner bodies by virtue of their Aggregates.The firat Body of Enlightenment attained, which is the next body in sequence after the Subtle Formless Brahma body, is the gotrabhu Body of Enlightenment [Dhammakaya Gotrabhu]. From there, in order of sequence, the Bodies of Enlightenment comprise the Subtle Gottabhu Body of Enlightenment, the Sotapana Body of Enlightenment [Dhammakaya Sotapana], the Subtle Sotapana body of Enlightenment, the sakidagami Body of Enlightenment [Dhammakaya sakidagami], the subtle Sakidagami Body of Enlightenment, the Anagami Body of Enlightenment [Dhammakaya Anagami], the Subtle Anagami Body of Enlightenment, the Arahatta Body of Enlightenment [Dhammalaya Arahat] and the Subtle Arahatta Body of Enlightenment. Thus there are ten types of Bodies of Enlightenment.
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