Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses with Sariputta: SN28:4 Equanimity

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1 Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Addasā kho āyasmā ānando … pe … "vippasannāni kho te, āvuso sāriputta, indriyāni; parisuddho mukhavaṇṇo pariyodāto. Katamenāyasmā sāriputto ajja vihārena vihāsī"ti?

2 "Idhāhaṃ, āvuso, sukhassa ca pahānā dukkhassa ca pahānā pubbeva somanassadomanassānaṃ atthangamā adukkhamasukhaṃ upekkhāsatipārisuddhiṃ catutthaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharāmi. Tassa mayhaṃ, āvuso, na evaṃ hoti:  ‘ahaṃ catutthaṃ jhānaṃ samāpajjāmī’ti vā ‘ahaṃ catutthaṃ jhānaṃ samāpanno’ti vā ‘ahaṃ catutthā jhānā vuṭṭhito’ti vā"ti. Tathā hi panāyasmato sāriputtassa dīgharattaṃ ahankāramamankāramānānusayā susamūhatā. Tasmā āyasmato sāriputtassa na evaṃ hoti:  "‘ahaṃ catutthaṃ jhānaṃ samāpajjāmī’ti vā ‘ahaṃ catutthaṃ jhānaṃ samāpanno’ti vā ‘ahaṃ catutthā jhānā vuṭṭhito’ti vā"ti.

Catutthaṃ.