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| − | Jhana [[Sutta]]: [[Mental]] Absorption | + | [[Jhana]] [[Sutta]]: [[Mental]] [[Absorption]] |
translated from the [[Pali]] by | translated from the [[Pali]] by | ||
[[Thanissaro Bhikkhu]] | [[Thanissaro Bhikkhu]] | ||
© 1997–2013 | © 1997–2013 | ||
| − | "I tell you, the ending of the [[mental fermentations]] depends on the [[first jhana]]... the [[second jhana]]... the third... the fourth... the dimension of the infinitude of [[space]]... the dimension of the infinitude of [[consciousness]]... the dimension of [[nothingness]]. I tell you, the ending of the [[mental fermentations]] depends on the dimension of neither [[perception]] nor [[non-perception]]. | + | "I tell you, the ending of the [[mental fermentations]] depends on the [[first jhana]]... the [[second jhana]]... the third... the fourth... the [[dimension]] of the [[infinitude]] of [[space]]... the [[dimension]] of the [[infinitude]] of [[consciousness]]... the [[dimension]] of [[nothingness]]. I tell you, the ending of the [[mental fermentations]] depends on the [[dimension]] of neither [[perception]] nor [[non-perception]]. |
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| − | "'I tell you, the ending of the [[mental fermentations]] depends on the [[first jhana]].' Thus it has been said. In reference to what was it said? There is the case where a [[monk]], secluded from sensuality, secluded from unskillful qualities, enters & remains in the [[first jhana]]: [[rapture]] & [[pleasure]] born of seclusion, accompanied by directed [[thought]] & {{Wiki|evaluation}}. He regards whatever [[phenomena]] there that are connected with [[form]], [[feeling]], [[perception]], [[fabrications]], & [[consciousness]], as inconstant, stressful, a disease, a cancer, an arrow, [[painful]], an [[affliction]], alien, a disintegration, an [[emptiness]], [[not-self]]. He turns his [[mind]] away from those [[phenomena]], and having done so, inclines his [[mind]] to the property of deathlessness: 'This is [[peace]], this is exquisite — the resolution of all [[fabrications]]; the relinquishment of all acquisitions; the ending of [[craving]]; dispassion; [[cessation]]; Unbinding.' | + | "'I tell you, the ending of the [[mental fermentations]] depends on the [[first jhana]].' Thus it has been said. In reference to what was it said? There is the case where a [[monk]], secluded from [[sensuality]], secluded from [[unskillful]] qualities, enters & remains in the [[first jhana]]: [[rapture]] & [[pleasure]] born of [[seclusion]], accompanied by directed [[thought]] & {{Wiki|evaluation}}. He regards whatever [[phenomena]] there that are connected with [[form]], [[feeling]], [[perception]], [[fabrications]], & [[consciousness]], as inconstant, stressful, a {{Wiki|disease}}, a {{Wiki|cancer}}, an arrow, [[painful]], an [[affliction]], alien, a {{Wiki|disintegration}}, an [[emptiness]], [[not-self]]. He turns his [[mind]] away from those [[phenomena]], and having done so, inclines his [[mind]] to the property of [[deathlessness]]: 'This is [[peace]], this is exquisite — the resolution of all [[fabrications]]; the [[relinquishment]] of all acquisitions; the ending of [[craving]]; [[dispassion]]; [[cessation]]; Unbinding.' |
| − | "Suppose that an archer or archer's apprentice were to practice on a straw man or mound of clay, so that after a while he would become able to shoot long distances, to [[fire]] accurate shots in rapid succession, and to pierce great masses. In the same way, there is the case where a [[monk]]... enters & remains in the [[first jhana]]: [[rapture]] & [[pleasure]] born of withdrawal, accompanied by directed [[thought]] & {{Wiki|evaluation}}. He regards whatever [[phenomena]] there that are connected with [[form]], [[feeling]], [[perception]], [[fabrications]], & [[consciousness]], as inconstant, stressful, a disease, a cancer, an arrow, [[painful]], an [[affliction]], alien, a disintegration, an [[emptiness]], [[not-self]]. He turns his [[mind]] away from those [[phenomena]], and having done so, inclines his [[mind]] to the property of deathlessness: 'This is [[peace]], this is exquisite — the resolution of all [[fabrications]]; the relinquishment of all acquisitions; the ending of [[craving]]; dispassion; [[cessation]]; Unbinding.' | + | "Suppose that an archer or archer's apprentice were to [[practice]] on a straw man or mound of clay, so that after a while he would become able to shoot long distances, to [[fire]] accurate shots in rapid succession, and to pierce great masses. In the same way, there is the case where a [[monk]]... enters & remains in the [[first jhana]]: [[rapture]] & [[pleasure]] born of withdrawal, accompanied by directed [[thought]] & {{Wiki|evaluation}}. He regards whatever [[phenomena]] there that are connected with [[form]], [[feeling]], [[perception]], [[fabrications]], & [[consciousness]], as inconstant, stressful, a {{Wiki|disease}}, a {{Wiki|cancer}}, an arrow, [[painful]], an [[affliction]], alien, a {{Wiki|disintegration}}, an [[emptiness]], [[not-self]]. He turns his [[mind]] away from those [[phenomena]], and having done so, inclines his [[mind]] to the property of [[deathlessness]]: 'This is [[peace]], this is exquisite — the resolution of all [[fabrications]]; the [[relinquishment]] of all acquisitions; the ending of [[craving]]; [[dispassion]]; [[cessation]]; Unbinding.' |
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| − | "Staying right there, he reaches the ending of the [[mental fermentations]]. Or, if not, then — through this very [[dhamma]]-[[passion]], this very [[dhamma]]-delight, and from the total wasting away of the first five of the [[fetters]][1] — he is due to be [[reborn]] [in the [[Pure Abodes]]], there to be totally unbound, never again to return from that [[world]]. | + | "Staying right there, he reaches the ending of the [[mental fermentations]]. Or, if not, then — through this very [[dhamma]]-[[passion]], this very [[dhamma]]-[[delight]], and from the total wasting away of the first five of the [[fetters]][1] — he is due to be [[reborn]] [in the [[Pure Abodes]]], there to be totally unbound, never again to return from that [[world]]. |
"'I tell you, the ending of the [[mental fermentations]] depends on the [[first jhana]].' Thus was it said, and in reference to this was it said. | "'I tell you, the ending of the [[mental fermentations]] depends on the [[first jhana]].' Thus was it said, and in reference to this was it said. | ||
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(Similarly with the second, third, and [[fourth jhana]].) | (Similarly with the second, third, and [[fourth jhana]].) | ||
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| − | "'I tell you, the ending of the [[mental fermentations]] depends on the dimension of the infinitude of [[space]].' Thus it has been said. In reference to what was it said? There is the case where a [[monk]], with the complete transcending of [[perceptions]] of [[[physical]]] [[form]], with the disappearance of [[perceptions]] of resistance, and not heeding [[perceptions]] of diversity, [perceiving,] '[[Infinite]] [[space]],' enters & remains in the dimension of the infinitude of [[space]]. He regards whatever [[phenomena]] there that are connected with [[feeling]], [[perception]], [[fabrications]], & [[consciousness]], as inconstant, stressful, a disease, a cancer, an arrow, [[painful]], an [[affliction]], alien, a disintegration, an [[emptiness]], [[not-self]]. He turns his [[mind]] away from those [[phenomena]], and having done so, inclines his [[mind]] to the property of deathlessness: 'This is [[peace]], this is exquisite — the resolution of all [[fabrications]]; the relinquishment of all acquisitions; the ending of [[craving]]; dispassion; [[cessation]]; Unbinding.' | + | "'I tell you, the ending of the [[mental fermentations]] depends on the [[dimension]] of the [[infinitude]] of [[space]].' Thus it has been said. In reference to what was it said? There is the case where a [[monk]], with the complete transcending of [[perceptions]] of [[[physical]]] [[form]], with the [[disappearance]] of [[perceptions]] of resistance, and not heeding [[perceptions]] of diversity, [perceiving,] '[[Infinite]] [[space]],' enters & remains in the [[dimension]] of the [[infinitude]] of [[space]]. He regards whatever [[phenomena]] there that are connected with [[feeling]], [[perception]], [[fabrications]], & [[consciousness]], as inconstant, stressful, a {{Wiki|disease}}, a {{Wiki|cancer}}, an arrow, [[painful]], an [[affliction]], alien, a {{Wiki|disintegration}}, an [[emptiness]], [[not-self]]. He turns his [[mind]] away from those [[phenomena]], and having done so, inclines his [[mind]] to the property of [[deathlessness]]: 'This is [[peace]], this is exquisite — the resolution of all [[fabrications]]; the [[relinquishment]] of all acquisitions; the ending of [[craving]]; [[dispassion]]; [[cessation]]; Unbinding.' |
| − | "Suppose that an archer or archer's apprentice were to practice on a straw man or mound of clay, so that after a while he would become able to shoot long distances, to [[fire]] accurate shots in rapid succession, and to pierce great masses. In the same way, there is the case where a [[monk]]... enters & remains in the dimension of the infinitude of [[space]]. He regards whatever [[phenomena]] there that are connected with [[feeling]], [[perception]], [[fabrications]], & [[consciousness]], as inconstant, stressful, a disease, a cancer, an arrow, [[painful]], an [[affliction]], alien, a disintegration, an [[emptiness]], [[not-self]]. He turns his [[mind]] away from those [[phenomena]], and having done so, inclines his [[mind]] to the property of deathlessness: 'This is [[peace]], this is exquisite — the resolution of all [[fabrications]]; the relinquishment of all acquisitions; the ending of [[craving]]; dispassion; [[cessation]]; Unbinding.' | + | "Suppose that an archer or archer's apprentice were to [[practice]] on a straw man or mound of clay, so that after a while he would become able to shoot long distances, to [[fire]] accurate shots in rapid succession, and to pierce great masses. In the same way, there is the case where a [[monk]]... enters & remains in the [[dimension]] of the [[infinitude]] of [[space]]. He regards whatever [[phenomena]] there that are connected with [[feeling]], [[perception]], [[fabrications]], & [[consciousness]], as inconstant, stressful, a {{Wiki|disease}}, a {{Wiki|cancer}}, an arrow, [[painful]], an [[affliction]], alien, a {{Wiki|disintegration}}, an [[emptiness]], [[not-self]]. He turns his [[mind]] away from those [[phenomena]], and having done so, inclines his [[mind]] to the property of [[deathlessness]]: 'This is [[peace]], this is exquisite — the resolution of all [[fabrications]]; the [[relinquishment]] of all acquisitions; the ending of [[craving]]; [[dispassion]]; [[cessation]]; Unbinding.' |
| − | "Staying right there, he reaches the ending of the [[mental fermentations]]. Or, if not, then — through this very [[dhamma]]-[[passion]], this very [[dhamma]]-delight, and from the total wasting away of the first five of the [[fetters]] — he is due to be [[reborn]] [in the [[Pure Abodes]]], there to be totally unbound, never again to return from that [[world]]. | + | "Staying right there, he reaches the ending of the [[mental fermentations]]. Or, if not, then — through this very [[dhamma]]-[[passion]], this very [[dhamma]]-[[delight]], and from the total wasting away of the first five of the [[fetters]] — he is due to be [[reborn]] [in the [[Pure Abodes]]], there to be totally unbound, never again to return from that [[world]]. |
| − | "'I tell you, the ending of the [[mental fermentations]] depends on the dimension of the infinitude of [[space]].' Thus was it said, and in reference to this was it said. | + | "'I tell you, the ending of the [[mental fermentations]] depends on the [[dimension]] of the [[infinitude]] of [[space]].' Thus was it said, and in reference to this was it said. |
| − | (Similarly with the dimension of the infinitude of [[consciousness]] and the dimension of [[nothingness]].) | + | (Similarly with the [[dimension]] of the [[infinitude]] of [[consciousness]] and the [[dimension]] of [[nothingness]].) |
| − | "Thus, as far as the [[perception]]-attainments go, that is as far as [[gnosis]]-penetration goes. As for these two dimensions — the attainment of the dimension of neither [[perception]] nor [[non-perception]] & the attainment of the [[cessation]] of [[feeling]] & [[perception]] — I tell you that they are to be rightly explained by those [[monks]] who are [[meditators]], [[skilled]] in attaining, [[skilled]] in attaining & emerging, who have attained & emerged in dependence on them." | + | "Thus, as far as the [[perception]]-[[attainments]] go, that is as far as [[gnosis]]-[[penetration]] goes. As for these two {{Wiki|dimensions}} — the [[attainment]] of the [[dimension]] of neither [[perception]] nor [[non-perception]] & the [[attainment]] of the [[cessation]] of [[feeling]] & [[perception]] — I tell you that they are to be rightly explained by those [[monks]] who are [[meditators]], [[skilled]] in [[attaining]], [[skilled]] in [[attaining]] & [[emerging]], who have [[attained]] & emerged in [[dependence]] on them." |
Notes | Notes | ||
1. | 1. | ||
| − | [[Self]]-identity [[views]], {{Wiki|grasping}} at [[precepts]] & practices, uncertainty, sensual [[passion]], and resistance. | + | [[Self]]-[[Wikipedia:Identity (social science)|identity]] [[views]], {{Wiki|grasping}} at [[precepts]] & practices, uncertainty, {{Wiki|sensual}} [[passion]], and resistance. |
</poem> | </poem> | ||
{{W}} | {{W}} | ||
[http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an09/an09.036.than.html www.accesstoinsight.org] | [http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an09/an09.036.than.html www.accesstoinsight.org] | ||
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Revision as of 05:25, 17 March 2015
Jhana Sutta: Mental Absorption
translated from the Pali by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
© 1997–2013
"I tell you, the ending of the mental fermentations depends on the first jhana... the second jhana... the third... the fourth... the dimension of the infinitude of space... the dimension of the infinitude of consciousness... the dimension of nothingness. I tell you, the ending of the mental fermentations depends on the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception.
"'I tell you, the ending of the mental fermentations depends on the first jhana.' Thus it has been said. In reference to what was it said? There is the case where a monk, secluded from sensuality, secluded from unskillful qualities, enters & remains in the first jhana: rapture & pleasure born of seclusion, accompanied by directed thought & evaluation. He regards whatever phenomena there that are connected with form, feeling, perception, fabrications, & consciousness, as inconstant, stressful, a disease, a cancer, an arrow, painful, an affliction, alien, a disintegration, an emptiness, not-self. He turns his mind away from those phenomena, and having done so, inclines his mind to the property of deathlessness: 'This is peace, this is exquisite — the resolution of all fabrications; the relinquishment of all acquisitions; the ending of craving; dispassion; cessation; Unbinding.'
"Suppose that an archer or archer's apprentice were to practice on a straw man or mound of clay, so that after a while he would become able to shoot long distances, to fire accurate shots in rapid succession, and to pierce great masses. In the same way, there is the case where a monk... enters & remains in the first jhana: rapture & pleasure born of withdrawal, accompanied by directed thought & evaluation. He regards whatever phenomena there that are connected with form, feeling, perception, fabrications, & consciousness, as inconstant, stressful, a disease, a cancer, an arrow, painful, an affliction, alien, a disintegration, an emptiness, not-self. He turns his mind away from those phenomena, and having done so, inclines his mind to the property of deathlessness: 'This is peace, this is exquisite — the resolution of all fabrications; the relinquishment of all acquisitions; the ending of craving; dispassion; cessation; Unbinding.'
"Staying right there, he reaches the ending of the mental fermentations. Or, if not, then — through this very dhamma-passion, this very dhamma-delight, and from the total wasting away of the first five of the fetters[1] — he is due to be reborn [in the Pure Abodes], there to be totally unbound, never again to return from that world.
"'I tell you, the ending of the mental fermentations depends on the first jhana.' Thus was it said, and in reference to this was it said.
(Similarly with the second, third, and fourth jhana.)
"'I tell you, the ending of the mental fermentations depends on the dimension of the infinitude of space.' Thus it has been said. In reference to what was it said? There is the case where a monk, with the complete transcending of perceptions of [[[physical]]] form, with the disappearance of perceptions of resistance, and not heeding perceptions of diversity, [perceiving,] 'Infinite space,' enters & remains in the dimension of the infinitude of space. He regards whatever phenomena there that are connected with feeling, perception, fabrications, & consciousness, as inconstant, stressful, a disease, a cancer, an arrow, painful, an affliction, alien, a disintegration, an emptiness, not-self. He turns his mind away from those phenomena, and having done so, inclines his mind to the property of deathlessness: 'This is peace, this is exquisite — the resolution of all fabrications; the relinquishment of all acquisitions; the ending of craving; dispassion; cessation; Unbinding.'
"Suppose that an archer or archer's apprentice were to practice on a straw man or mound of clay, so that after a while he would become able to shoot long distances, to fire accurate shots in rapid succession, and to pierce great masses. In the same way, there is the case where a monk... enters & remains in the dimension of the infinitude of space. He regards whatever phenomena there that are connected with feeling, perception, fabrications, & consciousness, as inconstant, stressful, a disease, a cancer, an arrow, painful, an affliction, alien, a disintegration, an emptiness, not-self. He turns his mind away from those phenomena, and having done so, inclines his mind to the property of deathlessness: 'This is peace, this is exquisite — the resolution of all fabrications; the relinquishment of all acquisitions; the ending of craving; dispassion; cessation; Unbinding.'
"Staying right there, he reaches the ending of the mental fermentations. Or, if not, then — through this very dhamma-passion, this very dhamma-delight, and from the total wasting away of the first five of the fetters — he is due to be reborn [in the Pure Abodes], there to be totally unbound, never again to return from that world.
"'I tell you, the ending of the mental fermentations depends on the dimension of the infinitude of space.' Thus was it said, and in reference to this was it said.
(Similarly with the dimension of the infinitude of consciousness and the dimension of nothingness.)
"Thus, as far as the perception-attainments go, that is as far as gnosis-penetration goes. As for these two dimensions — the attainment of the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception & the attainment of the cessation of feeling & perception — I tell you that they are to be rightly explained by those monks who are meditators, skilled in attaining, skilled in attaining & emerging, who have attained & emerged in dependence on them."
Notes
1.
Self-identity views, grasping at precepts & practices, uncertainty, sensual passion, and resistance.
