Meditation (1st)Paṭhamavihārasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

“Mendicants, I wish to go on retreat for a fortnight.“Icchāmahaṁ, bhikkhave, aḍḍhamāsaṁ paṭisallīyituṁ. No-one should approach me, except the one who brings my almsfood.”Namhi kenaci upasaṅkamitabbo, aññatra ekena piṇḍapātanīhārakenā”ti.

“Yes, sir,” replied those mendicants. And no-one approached him, except the one who brought the almsfood.“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paṭissutvā nāssudha koci bhagavantaṁ upasaṅkamati, aññatra ekena piṇḍapātanīhārakena.

Then after a fortnight had passed, the Buddha came out of retreat and addressed the mendicants:Atha kho bhagavā tassa aḍḍhamāsassa accayena paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito bhikkhū āmantesi:

“Mendicants, I’ve been practicing part of the meditation I practiced when I was first awakened.“yena svāhaṁ, bhikkhave, vihārena paṭhamābhisambuddho viharāmi, tassa padesena vihāsiṁ. I understand thatSo evaṁ pajānāmi: there’s feeling conditioned by wrong view‘micchādiṭṭhipaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; and feeling conditioned by right view. …sammādiṭṭhipaccayāpi vedayitaṁ …pe… There’s feeling conditioned by wrong immersion,micchāsamādhipaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; and feeling conditioned by right immersion.sammāsamādhipaccayāpi vedayitaṁ;

There’s feeling conditioned by desire.chandapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; There’s feeling conditioned by thought.vitakkapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; There’s feeling conditioned by perception.saññāpaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; As long as desire, thought, and perception are not stilled, there is feeling conditioned by that.chando ca avūpasanto hoti, vitakko ca avūpasanto hoti, saññā ca avūpasantā hoti, tappaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; When desire, thought, and perception are stilled, there is feeling conditioned by that.chando ca vūpasanto hoti, vitakko ca vūpasanto hoti, saññā ca vūpasantā hoti, tappaccayāpi vedayitaṁ;

There is effort to attain the unattained. When that state has been attained, there is also feeling conditioned by that.”appattassa pattiyā atthi āyāmaṁ, tasmimpi ṭhāne anuppatte tappaccayāpi vedayitan’”ti.