Evaṃ upaṭṭhite pana nimitte tena bhikkhunā ācariyassa santikaṃ gantvā ārocetabbaṃ "mayhaṃ bhante evarūpaṃ nāma upaṭṭhātī"ti. Ācariyena pana "nimittamidaṃ āvuso, kammaṭṭhānaṃ punappunaṃ manasi karohi sappurisā"ti vattabbo. Athānena nimitteyeva cittaṃ ṭhapetabbaṃ. Evamassāyaṃ ito pabhuti ṭhapanāvasena bhāvanā hoti. Vuttaṃ hetaṃ porāṇehi:-

"nimitte ṭhapayaṃ cittaṃ nānākāraṃ vibhāvayaṃ

dhīro assāsapassāse sakaṃ cittaṃ nibandhatī"ti 1-.

Tassevaṃ nimittupaṭṭhānato pabhuti nīvaraṇāni vikkhambhitāneva honti, kilesā sannisinnāva, cittaṃ upacārasamādhinā samāhitameva. Athānena taṃ nimittaṃ neva vaṇṇato manasi kātabbaṃ, na lakkhaṇato paccavekkhitabbaṃ, apica kho khattiyamahesiyā cakkavattigabbho viya kassakena sāliyavagabbho viya ca āvāsādīni satta asappāyāni vajjetvā tāneva satta sappāyāni sevantena sādhukaṃ rakkhitabbaṃ, atha naṃ evaṃ rakkhitvā punappunaṃ manasikāravasena vuddhiṃ viruḷhiṃ gamayitvā dasavidhaṃ appanākosallaṃ sampādetabbaṃ, vīriyasamatā yojetabbā. Tassevaṃ ghaṭentassa visuddhimagge vuttānukkamena tasmiṃ nimitte catukkapañcakajjhānāni nibbattanti. Evaṃ nibbattacatukkapañcakajjhāno panettha bhikkhu sallakkhaṇāvivaṭṭanāvasena kammaṭṭhānaṃ vaḍḍhetvā pārisuddhiṃ pattukāmo tadeva jhānaṃ pañcahākārehi vasippattaṃ paguṇaṃ katvā nāmarūpaṃ vavatthapetvā vipassanaṃ paṭṭhapeti. Kathaṃ? so hi samāpattito vuṭṭhāya