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Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

5: The Book of the Fives

256. First Jhāna

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1 "Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhamme appahāya abhabbo paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharituṃ. Katame pañca? Āvāsamacchariyaṃ, kulamacchariyaṃ, lābhamacchariyaṃ, vaṇṇamacchariyaṃ, dhammamacchariyaṃ. Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhamme appahāya abhabbo paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharituṃ.

2 Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhamme pahāya bhabbo paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharituṃ. Katame pañca? Āvāsamacchariyaṃ, kulamacchariyaṃ, lābhamacchariyaṃ, vaṇṇamacchariyaṃ, dhammamacchariyaṃ. Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhamme pahāya bhabbo paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharitun"ti.

Chaṭṭhaṃ.