How to Eliminate Various Feelings

The feelings and sensations of body consciousness can only be unaffected by cultivating up to the fourth dhyāna of meditative concentration; even non-Buddhist practitioners can overcome and eliminate the sensations of the physical body, as long as they have meditative concentration. The sensations of mind consciousness can only be subdued and eliminated after eradicating the view of self (satkāya-dṛṣṭi). The feelings on the five consciousnesses can be eliminated simply by relying on meditative concentration, whereas the feelings of mind consciousness must be eliminated by relying on wisdom. The sensations of the five consciousnesses can also be suppressed by the method of diverting attention; diverting attention is also related to meditative concentration—if the attention is not on the place of pain, one cannot feel the sensation of pain.

Some dharmas can be resolved through meditative concentration alone, while some dharmas can only be resolved by relying on the wisdom of eradicating the view of self (satkāya-dṛṣṭi) and the wisdom of seeing the mind and attaining enlightenment; and some dharmas must be resolved through the combination of meditative concentration and wisdom.