Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN34: Connected Discourses on Meditation

SN34:8 Thoroughness in relation to Concentration

The same, but read "a thorough worker regarding concentration." [n.306] Na sakkaccakārī. Spk: He does not act carefully enough to enter jhāna. sn.iii.268

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


Aṭṭhamaṁ.

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