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Numbered Discourses · AN 5.256

  • Numbered Discourses 5.256Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.256
  • 26. Ordination26. Upasampadāvagga

The First AbsorptionPaṭhamajhānasutta

“Mendicants, without giving up these five qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption.“Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhamme appahāya abhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ. What five?Katame pañca? Stinginess with dwellings, families, material things, praise, and the teachings.Āvāsamacchariyaṁ, kulamacchariyaṁ, lābhamacchariyaṁ, vaṇṇamacchariyaṁ, dhammamacchariyaṁ. Without giving up these five qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption.Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhamme appahāya abhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.

But after giving up these five qualities you can enter and remain in the first absorption.Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhamme pahāya bhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ. What five?Katame pañca? Stinginess with dwellings, families, material things, praise, and the teachings.Āvāsamacchariyaṁ, kulamacchariyaṁ, lābhamacchariyaṁ, vaṇṇamacchariyaṁ, dhammamacchariyaṁ. After giving up these five qualities you can enter and remain in the first absorption.”Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhamme pahāya bhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharitun”ti.

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  5. AN 6.74 First Absorption (2nd) 0.62near 0.1Numbered Discourses 6.74 7. A God First Absorption (2nd) “Mendicants, without giving up these six qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption. What six? Sensual, malicious, and cruel thoughts; and sensua…