• Linked Discourses 34.7 Saṁyutta Nikāya 34.7
  • 1. Absorption 1. Jhānavagga

Projecting the Mind Purified by Immersion Samādhimūlakaabhinīhārasutta

At Sāvatthī. Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

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

One meditator is skilled in immersion but not in projecting the mind purified by immersion. …” Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo hoti, na samādhismiṁ abhinīhārakusalo. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ abhinīhārakusalo hoti, na samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī neva samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo hoti, na ca samādhismiṁ abhinīhārakusalo. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo ca hoti, samādhismiṁ abhinīhārakusalo ca. Tatra, bhikkhave, yvāyaṁ jhāyī samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo ca hoti samādhismiṁ abhinīhārakusalo ca ayaṁ imesaṁ catunnaṁ jhāyīnaṁ aggo ca seṭṭho ca mokkho ca uttamo ca pavaro ca. Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gavā khīraṁ …pe… pavaro cā”ti.

Sattamaṁ.