"A bhikkhu enters upon and abides in the first jhāna, which is accompanied by applied and sustained thought, with rapture and pleasure born of seclusion."
"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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