Dighanikaya 33.327_2

33.327_2

Anussatiyova anussatiṭṭhānāni nāma. Buddhānussatīti buddhassa guṇānussaraṇaṃ. Evaṃ anussarato hi pīti uppajjati. So taṃ pītiṃ khayato vayato paṭṭhapetvā arahattaṃ pāpuṇāti. Upacārakammaṭṭhānaṃ nāmetaṃ gihīnampi labbhati, esa nayo sabbattha. Vitthārakathā panettha visuddhimagge vuttanayeneva veditabbā.

Recollections themselves are called ‘bases of recollection’. ‘Recollection of the Buddha’ means recollection of the virtues of the Buddha. For when one recollected thus, rapture arises. Having established that rapture in terms of destruction and fall, he attains arahantship. This is called an access meditation subject; it is available even to householders. This is the method everywhere. The detailed explanation here, however, should be understood just by the method stated in the Visuddhimagga.