Visuddhimagga IV-198

Pañcakajjhānakathā

90. Pañcakajjhānaṃ pana nibbattentena paguṇapaṭhamajjhānato vuṭṭhāya ‘‘ayaṃ samāpatti āsannanīvaraṇapaccatthikā, vitakkassa oḷārikattā aṅgadubbalā’’ti ca tattha dosaṃ disvā dutiyajjhānaṃ santato manasikaritvā paṭhamajjhāne nikantiṃ pariyādāya dutiyādhigamāya yogo kātabbo.

(五种禅)(第二禅)其次希望于五种禅生起的人,自熟练的初禅出定,觉得此定是近于敌对的五盖,因寻粗故禅支亦弱,见此(初禅的)过失已,[PTS 169] 于第二禅寂静作意,取消了对于初禅的希求,为证第二禅,当作瑜伽行。

[THE FIVEFOLD RECKONING OF JHĀNA]

Ñ(IV,198): When, however, he is developing fivefold jhāna, then, on emerging from the now familiar first jhāna, he can regard the flaws in it in this way: 'This attainment is threatened by the nearness of the hindrances, and its factors are weakened by the grossness of applied thought'. [169] He can bring the second jhāna to mind as quieter and so end his attachment to the first jhāna and set about doing what is needed for attaining the second.



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