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First Absorption (2nd)

Dutiyatajjhānasutta

Six qualities that enable a mendicant to gain the first absorption.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.74Numbered Discourses 6.74
  • 0.27. Devatāvagga7. A God

0.3DutiyatajjhānasuttaFirst Absorption (2nd)

1.1“Cha, bhikkhave, dhamme appahāya abhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.“Mendicants, without giving up these six qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption.1.2Katame cha?What six?1.3Kāmavitakkaṁ, byāpādavitakkaṁ, vihiṁsāvitakkaṁ, kāmasaññaṁ, byāpādasaññaṁ, vihiṁsāsaññaṁ—Sensual, malicious, and cruel thoughts; and sensual, malicious, and cruel perceptions.1.4ime kho, bhikkhave, cha dhamme appahāya abhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.Without giving up these six qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption.

2.1PTS 3.429Cha, bhikkhave, dhamme pahāya bhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.But after giving up these six qualities you can enter and remain in the first absorption.2.2Katame cha?What six?2.3Kāmavitakkaṁ, byāpādavitakkaṁ, vihiṁsāvitakkaṁ, kāmasaññaṁ, byāpādasaññaṁ, vihiṁsāsaññaṁ—Sensual, malicious, and cruel thoughts; and sensual, malicious, and cruel perceptions.2.4ime kho, bhikkhave, cha dhamme pahāya bhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharitun”ti.After giving up these six qualities you can enter and remain in the first absorption.”

2.5Dasamaṁ.

2.6Devatāvaggo sattamo.

3.0Tassuddānaṁ

3.1Anāgāmi arahaṁ mittā,3.2saṅgaṇikārāmadevatā;3.3Samādhisakkhibhabbaṁ balaṁ,3.4tajjhānā apare duveti.