Visuddhimagga III-25

Pañcake yaṃ catukkabhede vuttaṃ dutiyaṃ jhānaṃ, taṃ vitakkamattātikkamena dutiyaṃ, vitakkavicārātikkamena tatiyanti evaṃ dvidhā bhinditvā pañca jhānāni veditabbāni.

(五)(五法)(初禅、第二禅、第三禅、第四禅、第五禅)于五法中,犹如前述的(第三种)四法之中,这里仅以超越于寻为第二禅,以超越寻与伺为第三禅,如是(将四法中的第二)分为二种,当知便成五禅。

Ñ(III,25): 16. In the pentad there are five jhānas by dividing in two what is called the second jhāna in the fourfold reckoning (see §21), taking the second jhāna to be due to the surmounting of only applied thought and the third jhāna to be due to the surmounting of both applied and sustained thought.



Tesaṃ aṅgabhūtā ca pañca samādhīti evaṃ pañcajhānaṅgavasena pañcavidhatā veditabbā.

依彼等(五禅)的支而有五定。如是依五禅支而为五种。

Ñ: There are five kinds of concentration according to the factors of these five jhānas. So its fivefoldness should be understood according to the five sets of jhāna factors.



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