On Page One Hundred and Twenty seven, question #1 is Before we attain the fourth jhana, many unwholesome thoughts still arise such as greed and hatred. Should we try to remove them or concentrate on our meditation subject?
Answer: Ignorance and unwise attention are the (latent and proximate) causes. It is best to use the wise attention of Vipassana.
Question #2 is How does the bhavanga function in various realms?
Answer: There is bhavanga in most realms to maintain the life-function because the karma has not yet been exhausted. He notes that bhavanga in higher realms is only of that or the preceding realm, for instance in boundless space, the object of boundless space; in the base of nothingness, the base of boundless space consciousness and its absence.
But in the supramundane realms, there is no place, and no bhavanga, there is no mentality for any bhavanga to maintain.
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