• Linked Discourses 34.9 Saṁyutta Nikāya 34.9
  • 1. Absorption 1. Jhānavagga

Persistence in Immersion Samādhimūlakasātaccakārīsutta

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 practicing persistently for it. …” Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo hoti, na samādhismiṁ sātaccakārī. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ sātaccakārī hoti, na samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī neva samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo hoti, na ca samādhismiṁ sātaccakārī. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo ca hoti, samādhismiṁ sātaccakārī ca. Tatra, bhikkhave, yvāyaṁ jhāyī samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo ca hoti, samādhismiṁ sātaccakārī ca ayaṁ imesaṁ catunnaṁ jhāyīnaṁ aggo ca seṭṭho ca mokkho ca uttamo ca pavaro ca. Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gavā khīraṁ …pe… pavaro cā”ti.

Navamaṁ.