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SN 34.4PTS SN 3.2651 min read

Gladdening for Immersion

Samādhimūlakakallitasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 34.4Linked Discourses 34.4
  • 0.21. Jhānavagga1. Absorption

0.3SamādhimūlakakallitasuttaGladdening for Immersion

1.1PTS 3.266Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

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

1.4Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo hoti, na samādhismiṁ kallitakusalo.One meditator is skilled in immersion but not in positivity for immersion. …”11.5Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ kallitakusalo hoti, na samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo.1.6Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī neva samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo hoti, na ca samādhismiṁ kallitakusalo.1.7Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo ca hoti, samādhismiṁ kallitakusalo ca.1.8Tatra, bhikkhave, yvāyaṁ jhāyī samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo ca hoti samādhismiṁ kallitakusalo 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.

1.11Catutthaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. Kallita means “healthy and happy, well-disposed”, and is explained by the commentary as “gladdening the mind”. Any meditator knows that there are ups and downs in the process, and it is essential to keep the mind balanced, with a positive attitude.

    ↩ sn34.4:1.4