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Territory of Immersion

Samādhimūlakagocarasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 34.6Linked Discourses 34.6
  • 0.21. Jhānavagga1. Absorption

0.3SamādhimūlakagocarasuttaTerritory of Immersion

1.1PTS 3.267Sāvatthinidānaṁ.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 gocarakusalo.One meditator is skilled in immersion but not in the territory of immersion. …”11.5Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ gocarakusalo hoti, na samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo.1.6Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī neva samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo hoti, na ca samādhismiṁ gocarakusalo.1.7Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo ca hoti, samādhismiṁ gocarakusalo ca.1.8Tatra, bhikkhave, yvāyaṁ jhāyī samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo ca hoti samādhismiṁ gocarakusalo 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.

1.11Chaṭṭhaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. A gocara (“territory”) is literally the “cowpasture” and figuratively the “proper resort” or “territory”. At SN 47.6, a meditator’s “territory” is said to be the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.

    ↩ sn34.6:1.4