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9. 31-35
Afflicted Meditation
The distinctions of the four meditations and their qualifications
Afflicted Meditation
In the association of afflicted mental knowledge, the remembrance is of non-consumption. 31.
And also of sufferings. 32.
Opposite to it is the mental knowledge. 33.
And the diagnosis. 34.
It is possible only in these qualities: incessant, lacking in place, and with heedlessness. 35.
The first afflicted meditation is to constantly worry about the separation from an unpleasant object upon its acquisition.
The second afflicted meditation is to continuously think about the removal of suffering when it arises.
The third afflicted meditation is to persistently think about obtaining a pleasant object when it is separated.
The fourth afflicted meditation is to make a resolution or constantly think about obtaining an unacquired object.
Here, the distinctions of afflicted meditation and its qualifications are defined. The term 'arfi' refers to pain or suffering; that which arises from it is called 'aart.' There are four main causes of emergence: 1. Association with an undesirable object, 2. Separation from a desirable object, 3. Adverse pain, and 4. Desire for enjoyment. Based on these, four types of afflicted meditation are described: 1. When an undesirable object associates, the disturbed soul, troubled by this resulting suffering, continuously worries to remove it; this is called undesired association-afflicted meditation. 2. In a similar way, when a desirable object is separated, the constant worry about obtaining it is called desirable separation-afflicted meditation. 3. Worrying with desperation about removing physical or mental pain is called disease-worry-afflicted meditation. 4. Due to the intensity of desire for enjoyments, a strong resolution to obtain an unacquired object is called diagnosis-afflicted meditation.