Dear Thomas,

This kind of meditation is described, for example, im Maharahulovada
sutta (MN 62).

Vimuttimagga, describing the practice of fire kasina, says that one of
its benefits is the ability to burn whatever one likes.

Best wishes, Dmytro

thomaslaw03 ÐÉÛÅÔ:

> Dear All,
>
> In Udana 8. 9 (PTS, 1885; reprinted 1982, pp. 92-3), it mentions
> tejodhaatu.m samaapajjitvaa "attaining the dhaatu of heat". It is a
> kind of "heat meditation" (Tejo-dhaatu samaapatti). According to the
> Pali text, the monk Dabba was in the air or sky sitting cross-legged
> in this meditation of heat. Then, he burned himself up completely
> from the meditation; his body was consumed and died (in the sense of
> permanently full nirvana) (cf. the Woodward's translation, 1935;
> reprinted 1985, p. 113).
>
> Is this meditation of heat mentioned commonly in the other early
> Buddhist texts? I do not quite understand what meditation is, and
> how this can be for freely committing suicide? Any advice, please?
> Thank you.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Thomas Law