Nimittakusalatā nāma kasiṇanimittassa uggaṇhaṇakusalatā. Samaye cittassa paggaṇhaṇatāti yasmiṃ samaye atisithilaviriyatādīhi līnacittaṃ hoti, tasmiṃ samaye dhammavicayaviriyapītisambojjhaṅgasamuṭṭhāpanena tassa paggaṇhaṇaṃ. Samaye cittassa niggaṇhaṇatāti yasmiṃ samaye accāraddhaviriyatādīhi uddhatacittaṃ hoti, tasmiṃ samaye passaddhisamādhiupekkhāsambojjhaṅgasamuṭṭhāpanena tassa niggaṇhaṇaṃ. Samaye sampahaṃsanatāti yasmiṃ samaye cittaṃ paññāpayogamandatāya vā upasamasukhānadhigamena vā nirassādaṃ hoti, tasmiṃ samaye aṭṭhasaṃvegavatthupaccavekkhaṇena saṃvejeti. Aṭṭha saṃvegavatthūni nāma jātijarābayādhimaraṇāni cattāri, apāyadukkhaṃ pañcamaṃ, atīte vaṭṭamūlakaṃ dukkhaṃ, anāgate vaṭṭamūlakaṃ dukkhaṃ, paccuppanne āhārapariyeṭṭhimūlakaṃ dukakhanti. Ratanattayaguṇānussaraṇena ca pasādaṃ janeti, ayaṃ vuccati "samaye sampahaṃsanatā"ti.