Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.264
Translators: sujato
Numbered Discourses 5.264
26. Upasampadāvagga
26. Ordination
Aparapaṭhamajhānasutta
Another Discourse on 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, akataññutaṁ akataveditaṁ.
Stinginess with dwellings, families, material possessions, praise, and lack of gratitude and thankfulness.
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, akataññutaṁ akataveditaṁ.
Stinginess with dwellings, families, material possessions, praise, and lack of gratitude and thankfulness.
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.”
Cuddasamaṁ.