1At Sāvatthī … . The Venerable Ānanda saw the Venerable Sāriputta coming in the distance … .

2"Here, friend, with the fading away as well of rapture, I dwelt equanimous and, mindful and clearly comprehending, I experienced happiness with the body; I entered and dwelt in the third jhāna of which the noble ones declare: ‘He is equanimous, mindful, one who dwells happily.’ sn.iii.237 Yet, friend, it did not occur to me, ‘I am attaining the third jhāna … .’" Complete as in preceding sutta.

1Sāvatthinidānaṁ. Addasā kho āyasmā ānando … pe … "vippasannāni kho te, āvuso sāriputta, indriyāni; parisuddho mukhavaṇṇo pariyodāto. Katamenāyasmā sāriputto ajja vihārena vihāsī"ti?

2"Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, pītiyā ca virāgā upekkhako ca vihāsiṁ sato ca sampajāno sukhañca kāyena paṭisaṁvedemi; yaṁ taṁ ariyā ācikkhanti ‘upekkhako satimā sukhavihārī’ti tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharāmi. Tassa mayhaṁ, āvuso, na evaṁ hoti: ‘Ahaṁ tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ samāpajjāmī’ti vā ‘Ahaṁ tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ samāpanno’ti vā ‘Ahaṁ tatiyā jhānā vuṭṭhito’ti vā"ti. Tathā hi panāyasmato sāriputtassa dīgharattaṁ ahaṅkāramamaṅkāramānānusayā susamūhatā. Tasmā āyasmato sāriputtassa na evaṁ hoti: "‘Ahaṁ tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ samāpajjāmī’ti vā ‘Ahaṁ tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ samāpanno’ti vā ‘Ahaṁ tatiyā jhānā vuṭṭhito’ti vā"ti.

Tatiyaṁ.