Which Meditation Objects induces The State of No-Return?

The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, and Friends, from the cultivation and making much of The idea of a Skeleton;
The idea of a Worm-eaten Corpse; The idea of a Pale Bluish Discoloured Corpse;
The idea of a Cleaved and Cut-up Corpse; The idea of a Bloated and Inflated Corpse;
The thought of Universal Friendliness; The thought of Boundless Pity; The thought of Mutual Joy;
The thought of Imperturbable Equanimity; The training of Aware Breathing-in and Breathing-out;
The notion of Disgust; The inevitable Death; The Dispassion of Dislike with all in World;
The fact of inherent Impermanence; The fact of immanent Misery and Pain in all phenomena;
The fact of intrinsic Egolessness; The state of Leaving Behind, of Release, and the state of Ceasing!
One of two effects, one of two fruits may be expected even in this very life: Awakening to Arahatship
or Non-Return... Such training therefore results in a Great Benefit; in a Great Peace from all mental
Bondage, in a Great Thrill, in a Great Pleasure of Living! How, friends, should these ideas be cultivated,
how should these ideas be made much of, so as to reach these fruits?
In this, any Noble Friend trains and cultivates the:
The Awareness ... of No-Self, (see note # below)
The Investigation ... of No-Self,
The Energy ... of No-Self,
The Joy ... of No-Self,
The Tranquillity ... of No-Self,
The Concentration ... of No-Self,
The Equanimity ... of No-Self,
All based on seclusion, based on detachment, based on ceasing, ending in total self-surrender...
If these ideas are thus cultivated, thus made much of, thus joined with the 7 links to Awakening,
one may look for one of these two fruits even in this very life: Realization of Disciple-Buddhahood,
or if there are any remaining substrate of clinging left back, in all cases: The state of No-Return!

# Note:
And any of the other classic meditation object in the list should be substituted here so that all
these meditation objects are properly joined and fused with the 7 links to Awakening.



The Non-Returner (Anāgāmī) is a Noble Disciple (ariya-puggala) on the 3rd stage of holiness:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/a/anagami.htm

Source:
Samyutta Nikāya V, Mahā Vagga: Great Benefits: The state of No-Return! Anāgāmi


The Non-Returner...
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