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16🌬️😤 comparison
with 3 other popular meditation methods
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1 – excerpt from AN 9.1 and Udāna 4.1

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(Iti-vuttaka 85 and MN 62 have similar passages)
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1.1 – a-subha 🧟‍ → remove lust and passion

a-subhā bhāvetabbā Non-beautiful [foulness perceptions] (he) should-develop,
rāgassa pahānāya, (for) [lustful] passion's removal,
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1.2 – mettā ☮️ → remove ill will

mettā bhāvetabbā Friendly-kindness (he) should-develop,
byāpādassa pahānāya, (for) ill-will's removal,
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1.3 – 16🌬️😤‍ → remove vitakka/thinking

ānā-pānas-sati bhāvetabbā Inhale-exhale-remembering (he) should-develop,
vitakk-upacchedāya, (for) [distractive] thinking's-cutting-off,
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1.4 – a-nicca-saññā ⌛💭 → uproot pride, conceit, self

a-nicca-saññā bhāvetabbā im-permanence-perception (he) should-develop,
asmi-māna-samug-ghātāya. (for) pride-(and)-conceit's-uprooting.
A-nicca-saññino, bhikkhave, (for one who has) Im-permanence-perception, monks,
an-atta-saññā saṇṭhāti. not-self-perception (is) established.
An-atta-saññī (for one who has) not-self-perception,
asmi-māna-samug-ghātaṃ pāpuṇāti pride-(and)-conceit's-uprooting (is) attained,
diṭṭheva dhamme nibbānan
”ti.
Seen ☸Dharma [truth experienced here & now], (is) Nirvana."
MN 62 expands mettā into 4bv☮️, the four divine-dwellings.
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2 – How can they be combined?

How can these 4 methods be combined together in various combinations,
working synergistically?
The answer is in MN 62: 16🌬️😤‍, 4bv☮️, 4dht (dhātu) elements,
31asb🧟‍, Dhamma-anu-passana — all working together cooperatively,
while doing 16APS.