• Linked Discourses 34.18 Saṁyutta Nikāya 34.18
  • 1. Absorption 1. Jhānavagga

Entering and Persistence Samāpattimūlakasātaccasutta

At Sāvatthī. Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

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

One meditator is skilled in entering immersion but not in practicing persistently for it. …” Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo hoti, na samādhismiṁ sātaccakārī. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ sātaccakārī hoti, na samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī neva samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo hoti, na ca samādhismiṁ sātaccakārī. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo ca hoti, samādhismiṁ sātaccakārī ca. Tatra …pe… pavaro cā”ti.

Aṭṭhārasamaṁ.