4. THE FOURTH RADIANT GROUND
The fourth bhūmi, the Radiant
On the fourth level, the Bodhisattvas' Motivating Factor is the cultivation of the perfection of EFFORT.
As a result they enter into progressively deeper meditative absorptions and attain a powerful mental pliancy as a result. This eliminates laziness and increases their ability to practice meditation for extended periods of time. The test then is for the presence of MENTAL PLIANCY, the ELIMINATON OF TORPOR and INCREASED MEDITATION EXTENSION TIME.
At this point Bodhisattvas, since EFFORT is being cultivated, can work upon the "thirty-seven harmonies with awakening" and as a result develop great skill in meditative absorptions and the cultivation of wisdom, while weakening the artificial and innate conceptions of true existence.
Four Fields of Reference within Vipassana (satipatthana)
Contemplation of the body (kayanupassana)
Contemplation of sensations (vedananupassana)
Contemplation of mind (cittanupassana)
Contemplation of the contents of mind (dhammanupassana)
Four Correct Efforts (sammappadhana)
A force that resists states which are not intelligent or useful
Effort to abandon non-enlightened/intelligent/skillful states
Effort to arouse enlightened/intelligent/skillful states
Effort to sustain enlightened/intelligent/skillful states
Cuatro bases de poder (iddhipada)
Cinco facultades (indriya)
Siete factores de iluminación (bojjhanga)
Right view (samma ditthi)
Right intention (samma sankappa)
Right speech (samma vacca)
Right action (samma kammanta)
Right livelihood (samma ajiva)
Right energy (samma vayama)
Right mind (samma sati)
Right concentration (samma samadhi)