sentences:  In "rūpāstha dhyāna" one reflects on the embodiments of arihants, the svayambhuva (the self-realized), the omniscients and other enlightened people and their attributes, such as three umbrellas and whiskers – as seen in many icons – unconcerned about one’s own body, but almighty and benevolent to all living beings, destroyer of attachment, enmity, etc.Thus the meditator as a human being concentrates his or her attention on the virtues of the omniscients to acquire the same virtues for himself.