Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN34: Connected Discourses on Meditation

SN34:4 Pliancy in relation to Concentration

The same, but read "skilled in pliancy." [n.302] Na kallitakusalo. Spk: Unskilled in making the mind pliant by gladdening it. sn.iii.266

1Sāvatthinidānaṁ. "Cattārome, bhikkhave, jhāyī. Katame cattāro? 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.

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