• Linked Discourses 34.4 Saṁyutta Nikāya 34.4
  • 1. Absorption 1. Jhānavagga

Gladdening for Immersion Samādhimūlakakallitasutta

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 gladdening the mind for immersion. …” Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo hoti, na samādhismiṁ kallitakusalo. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ kallitakusalo hoti, na samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī neva samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo hoti, na ca samādhismiṁ kallitakusalo. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo ca hoti, samādhismiṁ kallitakusalo ca. Tatra, bhikkhave, yvāyaṁ jhāyī samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo ca hoti samādhismiṁ kallitakusalo ca ayaṁ imesaṁ catunnaṁ jhāyīnaṁ aggo ca seṭṭho ca mokkho ca uttamo ca pavaro ca. Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gavā khīraṁ …pe… pavaro cā”ti.

Catutthaṁ.