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Another Discourse on the Second Absorption, Etc.

Aparadutiyajhānasuttādi

Give up stinginess to enter the absorptions and higher attainments.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.265–271Numbered Discourses 5.265–271
  • 0.226. Upasampadāvagga26. Ordination

0.3AparadutiyajhānasuttādiAnother Discourse on the Second Absorption, Etc.

1.1“Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhamme appahāya abhabbo dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ … tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ … catutthaṁ jhānaṁ … sotāpattiphalaṁ … sakadāgāmiphalaṁ … anāgāmiphalaṁ … arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ.“Mendicants, without giving up these five qualities you can’t enter and remain in the second absorption … third absorption … fourth absorption … or realize the fruit of stream-entry … the fruit of once-return … the fruit of non-return … perfection.1.2Katame pañca?What five?1.3Āvāsamacchariyaṁ, kulamacchariyaṁ, lābhamacchariyaṁ, vaṇṇamacchariyaṁ, akataññutaṁ akataveditaṁ.Stinginess with dwellings, families, material things, praise, and lack of gratitude and thankfulness.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhamme appahāya abhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ.Without giving up these five qualities you can’t realize perfection.

2.1Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhamme pahāya bhabbo dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ … tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ … catutthaṁ jhānaṁ … sotāpattiphalaṁ … sakadāgāmiphalaṁ … anāgāmiphalaṁ … arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ.But after giving up these five qualities you can enter and remain in the second absorption … third absorption … fourth absorption … and realize the fruit of stream-entry … the fruit of once-return … the fruit of non-return … perfection.2.2Katame pañca?What five?2.3Āvāsamacchariyaṁ, kulamacchariyaṁ, lābhamacchariyaṁ, vaṇṇamacchariyaṁ, akataññutaṁ akataveditaṁ.Stinginess with dwellings, families, material things, praise, and lack of gratitude and thankfulness.2.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhamme pahāya bhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātun”ti.After giving up these five qualities you can realize perfection.”

2.5Ekavīsatimaṁ.

2.6Upasampadāvaggo chaṭṭho.