Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.256
Translators: sujato
Numbered Discourses 5.256
26. Upasampadāvagga
26. Ordination
Paṭhamajhānasutta
The First Absorption
“Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhamme appahāya abhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.
“Mendicants, without giving up these five qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption.
Katame pañca?
What five?
Āvāsamacchariyaṁ, kulamacchariyaṁ, lābhamacchariyaṁ, vaṇṇamacchariyaṁ, dhammamacchariyaṁ.
Stinginess with dwellings, families, material possessions, praise, and the teachings.
Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhamme appahāya abhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.
Without giving up these five qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption.
Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhamme pahāya bhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.
But after giving up these five qualities you can enter and remain in the first absorption.
Katame pañca?
What five?
Āvāsamacchariyaṁ, kulamacchariyaṁ, lābhamacchariyaṁ, vaṇṇamacchariyaṁ, dhammamacchariyaṁ.
Stinginess with dwellings, families, material possessions, praise, and the teachings.
Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhamme pahāya bhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharitun”ti.
After giving up these five qualities you can enter and remain in the first absorption.”
Chaṭṭhaṁ.