Fruit (Phala) of the contemplative life

Fruit (Phala) of the contemplative life of Buddhism and the Yoga Sutras, is similar to the Fruit of the Holy Spirit of Christianity, which is also referred to as sign gifts, gifts of the spirit and/or charisms. In Buddhism they are known as phala or nimmitta: Equanimity (upekkha), Fearlessness (nibbhaya), No suffering (Asukhacaadukkha), Absorption (jhana/samadhi), Out-of-Body Experience (OOB, Manomaya "Mind-made body."), Clairaudience (dibba-sota Divine hearing, charismatic hearing), Mental telepathy (ceto-pariya-ñána), Clairvoyance (Divine seeing, dibba-cakkhu), Insight (nanadassana), superior fruit (maha-phala)

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• jhana-nimitta
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• shaman
• Phala
• contemplative
• contemplation
• Buddhism
• Yoga
• Absorption
• Out-of-Body
• Experience
• OOBE
• samadhi

[rolfeder]

The divine eye opens to the deathless. At that point, one is a stream winner.

[Jhananda]

@rolfeder Yes, believe you might be correct regarding the charismatic seeing 'divine eye' opening to the 'deathless;' however, stream entry is defined as only the second jhana; whereas I have found the various charisms arise around the 3rd jhana, thus by the time one has come to charismatic seeing one is most probably a once returner, or arahat

[limpviscid]

I love your redefinition of 'Manomaya' as an OOBE (a rather far stretch from the real definition of the word) and writing of the wikipedia article to reflect this 'fact.'

[Jhananda]

@limpviscid the wiki article on the Pali term 'Manomaya' does not seem to reflect how it is described in the suttas. I would suggest that you read the Samaññaphala Sutta (DN-2), where it is defined clearly as an OOBE

[limpviscid]

@Jhananda Yeah reading analysis of what a "Mind-made Body" means, it does appear to directly resemble out-of-body experiences, though only you are make the direct relationship.

[Jhananda]

@limpviscid thank-you for checking your sources. doing so means you and more people will be informed regarding what the Buddha taught

[Jhananda]

@dharmasack I have 5 different translations of the Samaññaphala Sutta (DN-2) on my website, the Great Western Vehicle. I am not impressed with any of them, so I have translated the significant portions myself.

[dharmasack]

Just for reference, which translation of the Samaññaphala Sutta would you recommend?