"He considers this and understands it thus: ‘This first jhāna is conditioned and volitionally produced. But whatever is conditioned and volitionally produced is impermanent, subject to cessation.’"
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"With the stilling of applied and sustained thought, a bhikkhu enters and abides in the second jhāna…"
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"He considers this and understands it thus: ‘This second jhāna is conditioned and volitionally produced. But whatever is conditioned and volitionally produced is impermanent, subject to cessation.’"
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"With the fading away as well of rapture, a bhikkhu…enters upon and abides in the third jhāna…"
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"He considers this and understands it thus: ‘This third jhāna is conditioned and volitionally produced. But whatever is conditioned and volitionally produced is impermanent, subject to cessation.’"
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"With the abandoning of pleasure and pain…a bhikkhu enters upon and abides in the fourth jhāna…"
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"He considers this and understands it thus: 'This fourth jhāna is conditioned and volitionally produced. But whatever is conditioned and volitionally produced is impermanent…'"
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"This too is one thing proclaimed by the Blessed One… wherein if a bhikkhu abides diligent, ardent, and resolute…he attains the supreme security from bondage that he had not attained before."
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