Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN34: Connected Discourses on Meditation

SN34:3 Emergence in relation to Concentration

The same, but for "skilled in maintenance" read "skilled in emergence. " [n.301] Na vuṭṭhanakusalo. Spk: Unable to emerge from the jhāna at the predetermined time. See the definition of "mastery in emergence" (vuṭṭhānavasī) at Paṭis I 100, parallel to the definitions of the previous two masteries.

1Sāvatthinidānaṁ. "Cattārome, bhikkhave, jhāyī. Katame cattāro? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo hoti, na samādhismiṁ vuṭṭhānakusalo. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ vuṭṭhānakusalo hoti, na samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī neva samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo hoti, na ca samādhismiṁ vuṭṭhānakusalo. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo ca hoti, samādhismiṁ vuṭṭhānakusalo ca. Tatra, bhikkhave, yvāyaṁ jhāyī samādhismiṁ samādhikusalo ca hoti samādhismiṁ vuṭṭhānakusalo ca ayaṁ imesaṁ catunnaṁ jhāyīnaṁ aggo ca seṭṭho ca mokkho ca uttamo ca pavaro ca. Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gavā khīraṁ … pe … pavaro cā"ti.


Tatiyaṁ.

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