Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c10.3

v1.c10.3

(i) the object of meditation (e.g. paṭhavikasina, āpokasina, nīlakasina, pītakasina) as identical with himself i.e., the object of meditation is he and he is the object of meditation. It is like identifying (advayam) the flame (of a burning lamp) with its colour (yā acci so vaṇṇo, yo vaṇṇo sā acci ti);