Mettacetovimutti Cultivation for Uplifting to Vipassana Meditation with Samathayanika Type Performed at Dhammamoli Meditation Center

Abstract

The article aims at 3 objectives: 1) study Mettacetovimutti development, 2) to study Mettacetovimutti for uplifting Vipassana with Samathayanika type, and 3) to study Mettacetovimutti cultivation for uplifting to Vipassana meditation with Samathayanika type performed at Dhammamoli Meditation Center. It was documentary research by taking data from Theravada Buddhist scriptures and related documents, analyzed, compiled, and described in descriptive style. The findings were that;

             1.Mettacetovimutti refers to the loving-kindness spread to all sentient beings without boundary, having Jhana meditation, it was a base for Vipassana uplifting functioning as the liberation of mentality with meditation power and liberation from defilements with wisdom. There are 4 practical ways of loving-kindness spread; Odhisophalana, Anodhisopharana, Disapharana and Indriyavara. With this type of practice, meditation power can reach the 9 supreme states; 4 formal absorption, 4 formless absorption and Sannavedayitanirodha.

             2.The way to uplift Mettacetovimutti into insight with Samathayanika revealed that the practitioner must be skillful for entering and exit such absorption, then observing the clear mental state appearing in absorption as insight objects as seen in feeling, mentality, and mental objects until realizing the true state of all, materials, and mind, falling away.

             3.Mettacetovimutti cultivation for uplifting to Vipassana meditation with Samathayanika type performed at Dhammamoli Meditation Center showed that the Center uses this method to spread loving-kindness, compassion, sympathy and indifferences to all sentients in 32 realms, indicated to 5 person types, in 10 directions with Mettacetovimutti and great faculties until the mind becomes concentrated or Jhana, then leaving such state, observing feeling, mentality and all phenomena clearly appearing at a present moment falling into transitory, contradictory being and non-self. The insight knowledge will be obtained leading to Noble path, fruits and Niibbana attainment.