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Entering and Persistence

Samāpattimūlakasātaccasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 34.18Linked Discourses 34.18
  • 0.21. Jhānavagga1. Absorption

0.3SamāpattimūlakasātaccasuttaEntering and Persistence

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 sātaccakārī.One meditator is skilled in entering immersion but not in practicing persistently for it. …”1.5Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ sātaccakārī hoti, na samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo.1.6Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī neva samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo hoti, na ca samādhismiṁ sātaccakārī.1.7Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo ca hoti, samādhismiṁ sātaccakārī ca.1.8Tatra …pe…1.9pavaro cā”ti.

1.10Aṭṭhārasamaṁ.