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Inspiring All Around: the Absorptions

Jhānasutta

Ten factors, beginning with faith, that a mendicant should fulfill.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.8Numbered Discourses 10.8
  • 0.21. Ānisaṁsavagga1. Benefits

0.3JhānasuttaInspiring All Around: the Absorptions

1.1“Saddho ca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu hoti, no ca sīlavā;“Mendicants, a mendicant is faithful but not ethical.1.2evaṁ so tenaṅgena aparipūro hoti.So they’re incomplete in that respect,1.3Tena taṁ aṅgaṁ paripūretabbaṁ:and should fulfill it, thinking:1.4‘kintāhaṁ saddho ca assaṁ, sīlavā cā’ti.‘How can I become faithful and ethical?’1.5Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddho ca hoti sīlavā ca, evaṁ so tenaṅgena paripūro hoti.When the mendicant is faithful and ethical, they’re complete in that respect.

2.1PTS 5.11Saddho ca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu hoti sīlavā ca, no ca bahussuto …pe…A mendicant is faithful and ethical, but not learned. …2.2bahussuto ca, no ca dhammakathiko …they’re not a Dhamma speaker …2.3dhammakathiko ca, no ca parisāvacaro …they don’t frequent assemblies …2.4parisāvacaro ca, no ca visārado parisāya dhammaṁ deseti …they don’t teach Dhamma to the assembly with assurance …2.5visārado ca parisāya dhammaṁ deseti, no ca vinayadharo …they’re not an expert in the monastic law …2.6vinayadharo ca, no ca āraññiko pantasenāsano …they don’t stay in the wilderness, in remote lodgings …2.7āraññiko ca pantasenāsano, no ca catunnaṁ jhānānaṁ ābhicetasikānaṁ diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārānaṁ nikāmalābhī hoti akicchalābhī akasiralābhī …they don’t get the four absorptions—blissful meditations in this life that belong to the higher mind—when they want, without trouble or difficulty …2.8catunnañca jhānānaṁ ābhicetasikānaṁ diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārānaṁ nikāmalābhī hoti akicchalābhī akasiralābhī, no ca āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.they don’t realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.2.9Evaṁ so tenaṅgena aparipūro hoti.So they’re incomplete in that respect,2.10Tena taṁ aṅgaṁ paripūretabbaṁ:and should fulfill it, thinking:2.11‘kintāhaṁ saddho ca assaṁ, sīlavā ca, bahussuto ca, dhammakathiko ca, parisāvacaro ca, visārado ca parisāya dhammaṁ deseyyaṁ, vinayadharo ca, āraññiko ca pantasenāsano, catunnañca jhānānaṁ ābhicetasikānaṁ diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārānaṁ nikāmalābhī assaṁ akicchalābhī akasiralābhī, āsavānañca khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihareyyan’ti.‘How can I become faithful, ethical, and learned, a Dhamma speaker, one who frequents assemblies, one who teaches Dhamma to the assembly with assurance, an expert in the training, one who lives in the wilderness, in remote lodgings, one who gets the four absorptions when they want, and one who lives having realized the ending of defilements?’

3.1Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddho ca hoti, sīlavā ca, bahussuto ca, dhammakathiko ca, parisāvacaro ca, visārado ca parisāya dhammaṁ deseti, vinayadharo ca, āraññiko ca pantasenāsano, catunnañca jhānānaṁ ābhicetasikānaṁ diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārānaṁ nikāmalābhī hoti akicchalābhī akasiralābhī, āsavānañca khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati;When they’re faithful, ethical, and learned, a Dhamma speaker, one who frequents assemblies, one who teaches Dhamma to the assembly with assurance, an expert in the training, one who lives in the wilderness, in remote lodgings, one who gets the four absorptions when they want, and one who lives having realized the ending of defilements,3.2evaṁ so tenaṅgena paripūro hoti.they’re complete in that respect.3.3Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu samantapāsādiko ca hoti sabbākāraparipūro cā”ti.A mendicant who possesses these ten qualities is impressive all around, and is complete in every respect.”

3.4Aṭṭhamaṁ.