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Contemplations is Daily Buddhist Routine!
The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus & friends: There is one contemplation, which when often
practiced
and developed leads to a complete turning away from this captivating
world,
to detachment, to silencing, to ceasing, to
Peace, to
penetrating knowledge,
to
Enlightenment, and thus to
Nibbāna...
Any Noble Disciple, who by progress has understood this Dhamma,
dwells
frequently in this state. What is that unique contemplation?
The Noble Disciple contemplates on the
divine beings in this very way:
There are the
divine beings on the plane of the Four Great Kings, there are
the
divine beings of the
World of the Thirty-three, there are a
Yama World,
there are the
Contented Devas, there are also
those enjoying own creation!
There are
those with power over others creations,
those of the Brahma world,
and
those still far above them... Now, such faith, morality, wisdom,
generosity,
concentration and understanding, which these
divine beings acted upon and
which caused their rebirth on a divine plane after leaving this
world, such
good qualities as these, are also found in me! When a Noble Disciple
reflects
thus, his mind is neither obsessed by any greed, nor by any hate,
nor by any
confusion! Uplifted and elated is his mind, and this makes the Noble
Disciple
gain further deeper understanding of the Dhamma, & thus makes the
Noble
Disciple delight in the Dhamma! Being delighted, there arises
rapturous joy
in him. Being filled with rapture & joy, he is inwardly satisfied &
he becomes
quite calm. Being calmed makes him enjoy bliss and happiness and the
mind of
the Happy One becomes collected, condensed and concentrated...
Of this Noble Disciple, friends, it is said that among many
misguided humans,
among suffering humankind, he lives freed from suffering! And as one
who
has entered the stream to
Nibbāna, he cultivates further his contemplation.
When, friends, a Noble Disciple has reached the fruit of
understanding the
Dhamma, he dwells often with a calm smile in this state!
Source: AN 6:10
Sakka - king of the 33 devas - hovering about with some of his
many nymphs.
More on the many various types of
gods (Devas=
lit: 'Shining ones'):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Remembering_Deities.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/b_f/deva.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/b/brahmaloka.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/t/taavatimsa.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/y/yaamaa.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/t/tusita.htm
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sagga/loka.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sagga/index.html
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/n/nimmanarati.htm
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/jootla/wheel414.html
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/c/caatummahaaraajikaa.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/pa/paranimmita_vasavatti.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/aa/aakaasaanancaayatana.htm
Many devas can attain whatever form and colour at will. Some is made
of light!
They do not like the smell of humans,
like we don't like the smell of eg. pigs…
There are
31 levels of existence (Human is level 5!). There thus
numerous devas:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sagga/loka.html
Divine Guiding!
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