“If, mendicants, a mendicant develops the first absorption, even as long as a finger-snap, they are called a mendicant who does not lack absorption, who follows the Teacher’s instructions, who responds to advice, and who does not eat the country’s alms in vain. How much more so those who make much of it!”
“Accharāsaṅghātamattampi ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhu paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ bhāveti, ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave: ‘bhikkhu arittajjhāno viharati, satthusāsanakaro ovādapatikaro, amoghaṁ raṭṭhapiṇḍaṁ bhuñjati’. Ko pana vādo ye naṁ bahulīkarontī”ti.
AN 1.395–401 · 395–401
AN 1.395–401 · 395–401
“If, mendicants, a mendicant develops the second … third … or fourth absorption … or the heart’s release by love … or the heart’s release by compassion … or the heart’s release by rejoicing … or the heart’s release by equanimity, even as long as a finger-snap …”
“Accharāsaṅghātamattampi ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhu dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ bhāveti …pe… tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ bhāveti …pe… catutthaṁ jhānaṁ bhāveti …pe… mettaṁ cetovimuttiṁ bhāveti …pe… karuṇaṁ cetovimuttiṁ bhāveti …pe… muditaṁ cetovimuttiṁ bhāveti …pe… upekkhaṁ cetovimuttiṁ bhāveti …pe….
AN 1.402–405 · 402–405
AN 1.402–405 · 402–405
“If a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body … feelings … mind … principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world, even for the time of a finger-snap …”
Kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ …pe… vedanāsu vedanānupassī viharati … citte cittānupassī viharati … dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.
AN 1.406–409 · 406–409
AN 1.406–409 · 406–409
“If they generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that bad, unskillful qualities don’t arise, even for the time of a finger-snap … If they generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that bad, unskillful qualities that have arisen are given up, even for the time of a finger-snap … If they generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities arise, even for the time of a finger-snap … If they generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities that have arisen remain, are not lost, but increase, mature, and are fully developed, even for the time of a finger-snap …”
Anuppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ anuppādāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati; uppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati. Anuppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ uppādāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati; uppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ ṭhitiyā asammosāya bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya bhāvanāya pāripūriyā chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati.
AN 1.410–413 · 410–413
AN 1.410–413 · 410–413
“If they develop the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm, and active effort … the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to energy, and active effort … the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to mental development, and active effort … the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to inquiry, and active effort, even for the time of a finger-snap …”
Chandasamādhipadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti … vīriyasamādhipadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti … cittasamādhipadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti … vīmaṁsāsamādhipadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti ….
AN 1.414–418 · 414–418
AN 1.414–418 · 414–418
“If they develop the faculty of faith … the faculty of energy … the faculty of mindfulness … the faculty of immersion … the faculty of wisdom, even for the time of a finger-snap …”
Saddhindriyaṁ bhāveti … vīriyindriyaṁ bhāveti … satindriyaṁ bhāveti … samādhindriyaṁ bhāveti … paññindriyaṁ bhāveti ….
AN 1.419–423 · 419–423
AN 1.419–423 · 419–423
“If they develop the power of faith … the power of energy … the power of mindfulness … the power of immersion … the power of wisdom, even for the time of a finger-snap …”
Saddhābalaṁ bhāveti … vīriyabalaṁ bhāveti … satibalaṁ bhāveti … samādhibalaṁ bhāveti … paññābalaṁ bhāveti ….
AN 1.424–430 · 424–430
AN 1.424–430 · 424–430
“If they develop the awakening factor of mindfulness … the awakening factor of investigation of principles … the awakening factor of energy … the awakening factor of rapture … the awakening factor of tranquility … the awakening factor of immersion … the awakening factor of equanimity, even for the time of a finger-snap …”
Satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti … dhammavicayasambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti … vīriyasambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti … pītisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti … passaddhisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti … samādhisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti … upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti ….
AN 1.431–438 · 431–438
AN 1.431–438 · 431–438
“If they develop right view … right purpose … right speech … right action … right livelihood … right effort … right mindfulness … right immersion, even for the time of a finger-snap …”
Sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti … sammāsaṅkappaṁ bhāveti … sammāvācaṁ bhāveti … sammākammantaṁ bhāveti … sammāājīvaṁ bhāveti … sammāvāyāmaṁ bhāveti … sammāsatiṁ bhāveti … sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti ….
AN 1.439–446 · 439–446
AN 1.439–446 · 439–446
“Perceiving form internally, they see forms externally, limited, both pretty and ugly. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’ … Perceiving form internally, they see forms externally, limitless, both pretty and ugly. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’ … Not perceiving form internally, they see forms externally, limited, both pretty and ugly. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’ … Not perceiving form internally, they see forms externally, limitless, both pretty and ugly. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’ … Not perceiving form internally, they see forms externally that are blue, with blue color and blue appearance. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’ … Not perceiving form internally, they see forms externally that are yellow, with yellow color and yellow appearance. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’ … Not perceiving form internally, they see forms externally that are red, with red color and red appearance. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’ … Not perceiving form internally, they see forms externally that are white, with white color and white appearance. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’ …”
Ajjhattaṁ rūpasaññī bahiddhā rūpāni passati parittāni suvaṇṇadubbaṇṇāni. Tāni abhibhuyya: ‘jānāmi passāmī’ti— evaṁsaññī hoti. … ajjhattaṁ rūpasaññī bahiddhā rūpāni passati appamāṇāni suvaṇṇadubbaṇṇāni. Tāni abhibhuyya: ‘jānāmi passāmī’ti— evaṁsaññī hoti. … ajjhattaṁ arūpasaññī bahiddhā rūpāni passati parittāni suvaṇṇadubbaṇṇāni. Tāni abhibhuyya: ‘jānāmi passāmī’ti— evaṁsaññī hoti. … ajjhattaṁ arūpasaññī bahiddhā rūpāni passati appamāṇāni suvaṇṇadubbaṇṇāni. Tāni abhibhuyya: ‘jānāmi passāmī’ti— evaṁsaññī hoti. … ajjhattaṁ arūpasaññī bahiddhā rūpāni passati nīlāni nīlavaṇṇāni nīlanidassanāni nīlanibhāsāni. Tāni abhibhuyya: ‘jānāmi passāmī’ti— evaṁsaññī hoti. … ajjhattaṁ arūpasaññī bahiddhā rūpāni passati pītāni pītavaṇṇāni pītanidassanāni pītanibhāsāni. Tāni abhibhuyya: ‘jānāmi passāmī’ti— evaṁsaññī hoti. … ajjhattaṁ arūpasaññī bahiddhā rūpāni passati lohitakāni lohitakavaṇṇāni lohitakanidassanāni lohitakanibhāsāni. Tāni abhibhuyya: ‘jānāmi passāmī’ti— evaṁsaññī hoti. … ajjhattaṁ arūpasaññī bahiddhā rūpāni passati odātāni odātavaṇṇāni odātanidassanāni odātanibhāsāni. Tāni abhibhuyya: ‘jānāmi passāmī’ti— evaṁsaññī hoti.
AN 1.447–454 · 447–454
AN 1.447–454 · 447–454
“Having physical form, they see forms … not perceiving form internally, they see forms externally … they’re focused only on beauty … going totally beyond perceptions of form, with the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, they enter and remain in the dimension of infinite space … going totally beyond the dimension of infinite space, aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, they enter and remain in the dimension of infinite consciousness … going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, they enter and remain in the dimension of nothingness … going totally beyond the dimension of nothingness, they enter and remain in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception … going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, they enter and remain in the cessation of perception and feeling …”
Rūpī rūpāni passati … ajjhattaṁ arūpasaññī bahiddhā rūpāni passati … subhanteva adhimutto hoti … sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā ananto ākāsoti ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati … sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma anantaṁ viññāṇanti viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati … sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma natthi kiñcīti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati … sabbaso ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati … sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ upasampajja viharati ….
AN 1.455–464 · 455–464
AN 1.455–464 · 455–464
“They develop the meditation on universal earth … the meditation on universal water … the meditation on universal fire … the meditation on universal air … the meditation on universal blue … the meditation on universal yellow … the meditation on universal red … the meditation on universal white … the meditation on universal space … the meditation on universal consciousness …”
Pathavikasiṇaṁ bhāveti … āpokasiṇaṁ bhāveti … tejokasiṇaṁ bhāveti … vāyokasiṇaṁ bhāveti … nīlakasiṇaṁ bhāveti … pītakasiṇaṁ bhāveti … lohitakasiṇaṁ bhāveti … odātakasiṇaṁ bhāveti … ākāsakasiṇaṁ bhāveti … viññāṇakasiṇaṁ bhāveti …. (…)
AN 1.465–474 · 465–474
AN 1.465–474 · 465–474
“They develop the perception of ugliness … the perception of death … the perception of the repulsiveness of food … the perception of dissatisfaction with the whole world … the perception of impermanence … the perception of suffering in impermanence … the perception of not-self in suffering … the perception of giving up … the perception of fading away … the perception of cessation …”
Asubhasaññaṁ bhāveti … maraṇasaññaṁ bhāveti … āhāre paṭikūlasaññaṁ bhāveti … sabbaloke anabhiratisaññaṁ bhāveti … aniccasaññaṁ bhāveti … anicce dukkhasaññaṁ bhāveti … dukkhe anattasaññaṁ bhāveti … pahānasaññaṁ bhāveti … virāgasaññaṁ bhāveti … nirodhasaññaṁ bhāveti ….
AN 1.475–484 · 475–484
AN 1.475–484 · 475–484
“They develop the perception of impermanence … the perception of not-self … the perception of death … the perception of the repulsiveness of food … the perception of dissatisfaction with the whole world … the perception of a skeleton … the perception of the worm-infested corpse … the perception of the livid corpse … the perception of the split open corpse … the perception of the bloated corpse …”
Aniccasaññaṁ bhāveti … anattasaññaṁ bhāveti … maraṇasaññaṁ bhāveti … āhāre paṭikūlasaññaṁ bhāveti … sabbaloke anabhiratisaññaṁ bhāveti … aṭṭhikasaññaṁ bhāveti … puḷavakasaññaṁ bhāveti … vinīlakasaññaṁ bhāveti … vicchiddakasaññaṁ bhāveti … uddhumātakasaññaṁ bhāveti ….
AN 1.485–494 · 485–494
AN 1.485–494 · 485–494
“They develop the recollection of the Buddha … the recollection of the teaching … the recollection of the Saṅgha … the recollection of ethical conduct … the recollection of generosity … the recollection of the deities … mindfulness of breathing … mindfulness of death … mindfulness of the body … the recollection of peace …”
Buddhānussatiṁ bhāveti … dhammānussatiṁ bhāveti … saṅghānussatiṁ bhāveti … sīlānussatiṁ bhāveti … cāgānussatiṁ bhāveti … devatānussatiṁ bhāveti … ānāpānassatiṁ bhāveti … maraṇassatiṁ bhāveti … kāyagatāsatiṁ bhāveti … upasamānussatiṁ bhāveti ….
AN 1.495–574 · 495–574
AN 1.495–574 · 495–574
“They develop the faculty of faith together with the first absorption … the faculty of energy … the faculty of mindfulness … the faculty of immersion … the faculty of wisdom … the power of faith … the power of energy … the power of mindfulness … the power of immersion … the power of wisdom together with the first absorption …
Paṭhamajjhānasahagataṁ saddhindriyaṁ bhāveti … vīriyindriyaṁ bhāveti … satindriyaṁ bhāveti … samādhindriyaṁ bhāveti … paññindriyaṁ bhāveti … saddhābalaṁ bhāveti … vīriyabalaṁ bhāveti … satibalaṁ bhāveti … samādhibalaṁ bhāveti … paññābalaṁ bhāveti ….
the second absorption …
Dutiyajjhānasahagataṁ …pe…
the third absorption …
tatiyajjhānasahagataṁ …pe…
the fourth absorption …
catutthajjhānasahagataṁ …pe…
love …
mettāsahagataṁ …pe…
compassion …
karuṇāsahagataṁ …pe…
rejoicing …
muditāsahagataṁ …pe…
They develop the faculty of faith together with equanimity … They develop the faculty of energy … the faculty of mindfulness … the faculty of immersion … the faculty of wisdom … the power of faith … the power of energy … the power of mindfulness … the power of immersion … the power of wisdom.
upekkhāsahagataṁ saddhindriyaṁ bhāveti … vīriyindriyaṁ bhāveti … satindriyaṁ bhāveti … samādhindriyaṁ bhāveti … paññindriyaṁ bhāveti … saddhābalaṁ bhāveti … vīriyabalaṁ bhāveti … satibalaṁ bhāveti … samādhibalaṁ bhāveti … paññābalaṁ bhāveti.
That mendicant is called a mendicant who does not lack absorption, who follows the Teacher’s instructions, who responds to advice, and who does not eat the country’s alms in vain. How much more so those who make much of it!”
Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave: ‘bhikkhu arittajjhāno viharati satthusāsanakaro ovādapatikaro, amoghaṁ raṭṭhapiṇḍaṁ bhuñjati’. Ko pana vādo ye naṁ bahulīkarontī”ti.
(Aparaaccharāsaṅghātavaggo.)