What is the "meditation on emptiness" in MN 121?
What is the "meditation on emptiness" in MN 121?


The process of gradually flushing-out of various subjects from gross to subtle as detailed in paragraphs 4 - 12 of MN 121


  What does "emptiness" refer to in this sutta?


Per Ven. Bodhi's note: SunnataVihara, the fruition attainment of voidness/sunnataphala samapatti, fruition attainment of arahantship that is entered by focusing upon the void aspect of Nibbana.


  Also, what does "oneness dependent on the perception of ..." mean in this sutta?


Ven. Thanissaro's more straightforward rendering: "attends to the singleness based on the &lt;objects...&gt;", which Ven. Bodhi cited Comy's explanation:


  MA: He attends to the perception of forest dependent on the single forest itself, thinking: “This is a forest, this a tree, this a mountain, this a grove.” In the next sentence I read with BBS and SBJ adhimuccati, as against PTS vimuccati.