Human Development
Principal insights
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The 18 principal insights, of which the first 7 are referred to as the 7 contemplations, are enumerated in Hinayana Buddhism.1. Developing contemplation of impermanence implies abandoning the perception of permanence.
2. Developing contemplation of pain or ill implies abandoning the perception of pleasure or bliss.
3. Developing contemplation of not-self implies abandoning the perception of self.
4. Developing contemplation of dispassion or disgust implies abandoning delighting.
5. Developing contemplation of fading away or dispassion implies abandoning greed or passion.
6. Developing contemplation of cessation implies abandoning originating.
7. Developing contemplation of relinquishment implies abandoning grasping or clinging.
8. Developing contemplation of destruction or extinction implies abandoning the perception of compactness or density.
9. Developing contemplation of fall of formations implies abandoning accumulation of karma or exertion.
10. Developing contemplation of change or perversion implies abandoning the perception of lastingness or fixedness.
11. Developing contemplation of the signless implies abandoning the sign.
12. Developing contemplation of the desireless implies abandoning desire or hankering.
13. Developing contemplation of voidness or the empty implies abandoning misinterpreting or conviction.
14. Developing insight into states (higher understanding) implies abandoning misinterpreting or conviction due to grasping at the core or clinging to essence.
15. Developing correct knowledge and vision (knowledge and discernment of the true nature of things) implies abandoning misinterpreting or conviction due to confusion.
16. Developing contemplation of danger or tribulation implies abandoning misinterpreting due to reliance or conviction of attachment.
17. Developing contemplation of reflection implies abandoning non-reflection.
18. Developing contemplation of turning away (separation from the round of births) implies abandoning misinterpreting or conviction due to bondage or fetters.