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Numbered Discourses 5.257–263

26. Upasampadāvagga
26. Ordination

Dutiyajhānasuttādisattaka

The Second Absorption, Etc.

“Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhamme appahāya abhabbo dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ …pe… abhabbo tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ … abhabbo catutthaṁ jhānaṁ … abhabbo sotāpattiphalaṁ … abhabbo sakadāgāmiphalaṁ … abhabbo anāgāmiphalaṁ … abhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ.
“Mendicants, without giving up these five qualities you can’t enter and remain in the second absorption … third absorption … fourth absorption … or realize the fruit of stream-entry … the fruit of once-return … the fruit of non-return … perfection.

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 arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ.
Without giving up these five qualities you can’t realize perfection.

Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhamme pahāya bhabbo dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ …pe… bhabbo tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ … bhabbo catutthaṁ jhānaṁ … bhabbo sotāpattiphalaṁ … bhabbo sakadāgāmiphalaṁ … bhabbo anāgāmiphalaṁ … bhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ.
But after giving up these five qualities you can enter and remain in the second absorption … third absorption … fourth absorption … and realize the fruit of stream-entry … the fruit of once-return … the fruit of non-return … perfection.

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 arahattaṁ sacchikātun”ti.
After giving up these five qualities you can realize perfection.”

Terasamaṁ.