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THE PATH OF NIRVANA OR LIBERATION 125
III. Meditation upon mind.
The monk know's the attached mind as the attached one and non-attached mind as non-attached one, the mind with hate as one with hate and mind without hate as one without hate, the deluded mind as one with delusion, the delusionless mind as one without delusion ; the steady mind as the steady and unsteady mind as unsteady; the mind in grandeur as in grandeur and the mind without grandeur as without grandeur. In the same way he recognises the charitable mind, uncharitable mind, peaceful mind, non-peaceful mind, passionless mind, passionful mind, --whatever be the nature of mind, he knows its internal and external features-- knowing thus the nature of the thing, he does not identify any one with himself and does not grasp any one in this universe.
IV. Meditation upon the nature of conditions.
1. Meditation upon the five impurities (Nivarana):-- (1) Sensual desire (2) enmity (3) dullness (4) restlessness and grief (5) doubt. Concerning these five, the monk meditates if they are found in him or not. If they are found, he knows such; if they are not found, he knows such ; if they are not in him, he recognises how they can be produced ; and if they are in him, he knows how to get rid of them. He also knows the way how .not to let them again re-appear on their once disappearance. He is properly aware with the internal
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