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Paṭhamatajjhānasutta

First Absorption (1st)

“Cha, bhikkhave, dhamme appahāya abhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.
“Mendicants, without giving up these six qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption.

Katame cha?
What six?

Kāmacchandaṁ, byāpādaṁ, thinamiddhaṁ, uddhaccakukkuccaṁ, vicikicchaṁ.
Desire for sensual pleasures, ill will, dullness and drowsiness, restlessness and remorse, and doubt.

Kāmesu kho panassa ādīnavo na yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya sudiṭṭho hoti.
And the drawbacks of sensual pleasures haven’t been truly seen clearly with right wisdom.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cha dhamme appahāya abhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.
Without giving up these six qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption.

Cha, bhikkhave, dhamme pahāya bhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.
But after giving up these six qualities you can enter and remain in the first absorption.

Katame cha?
What six?

Kāmacchandaṁ, byāpādaṁ, thinamiddhaṁ, uddhaccakukkuccaṁ, vicikicchaṁ,
Desire for sensual pleasures, ill will, dullness and drowsiness, restlessness and remorse, and doubt.

kāmesu kho panassa ādīnavo na yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya sudiṭṭho hoti.
And the drawbacks of sensual pleasures have been truly seen clearly with right wisdom.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cha dhamme pahāya bhabbo paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharitun”ti.
After giving up these six qualities you can enter and remain in the first absorption.”

Navamaṁ.