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Is there sutta basis for the modern bifurcation of jhanas?
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Is there sutta basis for the modern bifurcation of jhanas?
Of course there is:
Monks, these are the four developments of concentration. Which four?
There is the development of concentration that, when developed & pursued, leads to a
pleasant abiding in the here & now
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There is the development of concentration that, when developed & pursued, leads to the
attainment of knowing & seeing
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There is the development of concentration that, when developed & pursued, leads to
mindfulness & clear comprehension
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There is the development of concentration that, when developed & pursued, leads to the
ending of the effluents
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And what is the development of concentration that, when developed & pursued,
leads to a pleasant abiding in the here & now
? There is the case where a monk — quite withdrawn from sensuality, withdrawn from unskillful qualities — enters & remains in the first jhana: rapture & pleasure born from withdrawal, accompanied by directed thought & evaluation. With the stilling of directed thoughts & evaluations, he enters & remains in the second jhana: rapture & pleasure born of composure, unification of awareness free from directed thought & evaluation — internal assurance. With the fading of rapture, he remains equanimous, mindful, & alert, and senses pleasure with the body. He enters & remains in the third jhana, of which the Noble Ones declare, 'Equanimous & mindful, he has a pleasant abiding.' With the abandoning of pleasure & pain — as with the earlier disappearance of elation & distress — he enters & remains in the fourth jhana: purity of equanimity & mindfulness, neither pleasure nor pain. This is the development of concentration that, when developed & pursued, leads to a pleasant abiding in the here & now.
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