Markless versus four Jhanas and immaterial

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Markless versus four Jhanas and immaterial

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It seems like markless meditation is way more advance and more powerful. Why won't people just try that and skip the others?
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form wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 1:50 am It seems like markless meditation is way more advance and more powerful. Why won't people just try that and skip the others?
It’s only available to non-returners, Arahants and Buddhas. The Signless, Emptiness and Desireless (some texts have Nothingness instead) are 3 aspects of nibbana.
“Knowing that this body is just like foam,
understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
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Ceisiwr wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 7:27 am
form wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 1:50 am It seems like markless meditation is way more advance and more powerful. Why won't people just try that and skip the others?
It’s only available to non-returners, Arahants and Buddhas. The Signless, Emptiness and Desireless (some texts have Nothingness instead) are 3 aspects of nibbana.
Thanks for your reminder.
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