Dutiyatajjhānasutta

Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.74

Numbered Discourses 6.74

7. Devatāvagga

7. A God

Dutiyatajjhānasutta

First Absorption (2nd)

“Cha, bhikkhave, dhamme appahāya abhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.

“Mendicants, without giving up these six qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption.

Katame cha?

What six?

Kāmavitakkaṁ, byāpādavitakkaṁ, vihiṁsāvitakkaṁ, kāmasaññaṁ, byāpādasaññaṁ, vihiṁsāsaññaṁ—

Sensual, malicious, and cruel thoughts; and sensual, malicious, and cruel perceptions.

ime kho, bhikkhave, cha dhamme appahāya abhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.

Without giving up these six qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption.

Cha, bhikkhave, dhamme pahāya bhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.

But after giving up these six qualities you can enter and remain in the first absorption.

Katame cha?

What six?

Kāmavitakkaṁ, byāpādavitakkaṁ, vihiṁsāvitakkaṁ, kāmasaññaṁ, byāpādasaññaṁ, vihiṁsāsaññaṁ—

Sensual, malicious, and cruel thoughts; and sensual, malicious, and cruel perceptions.

ime kho, bhikkhave, cha dhamme pahāya bhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharitun”ti.

After giving up these six qualities you can enter and remain in the first absorption.”

Dasamaṁ.

Devatāvaggo sattamo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Anāgāmi arahaṁ mittā,

saṅgaṇikārāmadevatā;

Samādhisakkhibhabbaṁ balaṁ,

tajjhānā apare duveti.