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Numbered Discourses · AN 6.74

  • Numbered Discourses 6.74Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.74
  • 7. A God7. Devatāvagga

First Absorption (2nd)Dutiyatajjhānasutta

“Mendicants, without giving up these six qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption.“Cha, bhikkhave, dhamme appahāya abhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ. What six?Katame cha? Sensual, malicious, and cruel thoughts; and sensual, malicious, and cruel perceptions.Kāmavitakkaṁ, byāpādavitakkaṁ, vihiṁsāvitakkaṁ, kāmasaññaṁ, byāpādasaññaṁ, vihiṁsāsaññaṁ— Without giving up these six qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption.ime kho, bhikkhave, cha dhamme appahāya abhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.

But after giving up these six qualities you can enter and remain in the first absorption.Cha, bhikkhave, dhamme pahāya bhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ. What six?Katame cha? Sensual, malicious, and cruel thoughts; and sensual, malicious, and cruel perceptions.Kāmavitakkaṁ, byāpādavitakkaṁ, vihiṁsāvitakkaṁ, kāmasaññaṁ, byāpādasaññaṁ, vihiṁsāsaññaṁ— After giving up these six qualities you can enter and remain in the first absorption.”ime kho, bhikkhave, cha dhamme pahāya bhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharitun”ti.

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