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SN 34.11PTS SN 3.2691 min read

Entering and Remaining

Samāpattimūlakaṭhitisutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 34.11Linked Discourses 34.11
  • 0.21. Jhānavagga1. Absorption

0.3SamāpattimūlakaṭhitisuttaEntering and Remaining

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Cattārome, bhikkhave, jhāyī.“Mendicants, there are these four meditators.1.3Katame cattāro?What four?

1.4Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo hoti, na samādhismiṁ ṭhitikusalo.One meditator is skilled in entering immersion but not in remaining in it. …”11.5Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ ṭhitikusalo hoti, na samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo.1.6Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī neva samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo hoti, na ca samādhismiṁ ṭhitikusalo.1.7Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo ca hoti, samādhismiṁ ṭhitikusalo ca.1.8Tatra, bhikkhave, yvāyaṁ jhāyī samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo ca hoti, samādhismiṁ ṭhitikusalo ca ayaṁ imesaṁ catunnaṁ jhāyīnaṁ aggo ca seṭṭho ca mokkho ca uttamo ca pavaro ca.1.9Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gavā khīraṁ …pe…1.10pavaro cā”ti.

1.11Ekādasamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. Now the wheel of permutations starts. The qualities of the first two discourses—entering and remaining—are juxtaposed.

    ↩ sn34.11:1.4