Meditation (2nd)Dutiyavihārasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

“Mendicants, I wish to go on retreat for three months.“Icchāmahaṁ, bhikkhave, temāsaṁ 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 three months had passed, the Buddha came out of retreat and addressed the mendicants:Atha kho bhagavā tassa temāsassa 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 by the settling of wrong view,micchādiṭṭhivūpasamapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; by right viewsammādiṭṭhipaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; and by the settling of right view. …sammādiṭṭhivūpasamapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ …pe… There’s feeling conditioned by wrong immersionmicchāsamādhipaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; and by the settling of wrong immersion, by right immersionmicchāsamādhivūpasamapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ, sammāsamādhipaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; and by the settling of right immersion.sammāsamādhivūpasamapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ;

There’s feeling conditioned by desirechandapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; and by the settling of desire.chandavūpasamapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; There’s feeling conditioned by thought,vitakkapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; and by the settling of thought.vitakkavūpasamapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; There’s feeling conditioned by perception,saññāpaccayāpi vedayitaṁ; and by the settling of perception.saññāvūpasamapaccayāpi 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.