<p>One should begin by reflecting on the qualities of nibbana, according to the Buddha's words:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>“Bhikkhus, in so far as there are dhammas, whether formed or unformed,fading away is pronounced the best of them, that is to say, the disillusionment of
  vanity, the elimination of thirst, the abolition of reliance, the termination of the
  round, the destruction of craving, fading away, cessation, Nibbāna” </p>
  
  <p>A II 34 (Nyanamoli, trans)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Practice most likely involves a mantra for each quality, for example, "madanimmadano" (disillusionment of vanity).</p>

<p>According to the Visuddhimagga, upasamaanussati doesn't lead to aapana samadhi, only upacara samadhi:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>As he recollects peace in its special qualities of disillusionment of vanity,etc., in this way, then: “On that occasion his mind is not obsessed by greed or obsessed by hate or obsessed by delusion; his mind has rectitude on that occasion, being inspired by peace” (see VII.65, etc.). So when he has suppressed the hindrances in the way already described under the recollection of the
  Enlightened One, etc., the jhāna factors arise in a single moment. But owing to
  the profundity of the special qualities of peace, or owing to his being occupied
  in recollecting special qualities of various kinds, the jhāna is only access and
  does not reach absorption. And that jhāna itself is known as “recollection of
  peace” too because it arises by means of the special qualities of peace.</p>
  
  <p>Vism VIII.249 (Nyanamoli, trans)</p>
</blockquote>

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A II 34 = AN 4.34, with partial parallel in Iti 90, there's another passage a number of times appearing in the Anguttara Nikaya: ***etaṃ santaṃ etaṃ paṇītaṃ yadidaṃ sabba­saṅ­khā­ra­sama­tho sabbū­padhipa­ṭi­nissaggo taṇhākkhayo virāgo nirodho nibbānaṃ*** - *This is peace, this is exquisite—the resolution of all fabrications; the relinquishment of all acquisitions; the ending of craving; dispassion; cessation; Unbinding*
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Perhaps you can expand this a bit more from other sources also for benefit of all. (Upvoted and accepted)
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<p>Out of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anussati" rel="nofollow">10 recollections</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamma%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADh%C4%81na" rel="nofollow">40 Kammaṭṭhāna</a> how is upasamānussati practiced to the level of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhy%C4%81na_in_Buddhism" rel="nofollow">Jhana</a>?</p>

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How is Recollection of peace (upasamānussati) practiced?
# How is Recollection of peace (upasamānussati) practiced?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-09-09)

Out of the [10 recollections](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anussati) in the [40 Kammaṭṭhāna](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamma%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADh%C4%81na) how is upasamānussati practiced to the level of [Jhana](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhy%C4%81na_in_Buddhism)?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-09-10. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

One should begin by reflecting on the qualities of nibbana, according to the Buddha's words:

> “Bhikkhus, in so far as there are dhammas, whether formed or unformed,fading away is pronounced the best of them, that is to say, the disillusionment of
> vanity, the elimination of thirst, the abolition of reliance, the termination of the
> round, the destruction of craving, fading away, cessation, Nibbāna”
>
> A II 34 (Nyanamoli, trans)

Practice most likely involves a mantra for each quality, for example, "madanimmadano" (disillusionment of vanity).

According to the Visuddhimagga, upasamaanussati doesn't lead to aapana samadhi, only upacara samadhi:

> As he recollects peace in its special qualities of disillusionment of vanity,etc., in this way, then: “On that occasion his mind is not obsessed by greed or obsessed by hate or obsessed by delusion; his mind has rectitude on that occasion, being inspired by peace” (see VII.65, etc.). So when he has suppressed the hindrances in the way already described under the recollection of the
> Enlightened One, etc., the jhāna factors arise in a single moment. But owing to
> the profundity of the special qualities of peace, or owing to his being occupied
> in recollecting special qualities of various kinds, the jhāna is only access and
> does not reach absorption. And that jhāna itself is known as “recollection of
> peace” too because it arises by means of the special qualities of peace.
>
> Vism VIII.249 (Nyanamoli, trans)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Perhaps you can expand this a bit more from other sources also for benefit of all. (Upvoted and accepted)  
> **username_2**: A II 34 = AN 4.34, with partial parallel in Iti 90, there's another passage a number of times appearing in the Anguttara Nikaya: ***etaṃ santaṃ etaṃ paṇītaṃ yadidaṃ sabba­saṅ­khā­ra­sama­tho sabbū­padhipa­ṭi­nissaggo taṇhākkhayo virāgo nirodho nibbānaṃ*** - *This is peace, this is exquisite—the resolution of all fabrications; the relinquishment of all acquisitions; the ending of craving; dispassion; cessation; Unbinding*  

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