Sappāyakārīsutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Khandhavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 17 · Section 607

[607] At Sāvatthī. … [One meditator (jhāyī)] is skilled in the object (ārammaṇa) with regard to concentration (samādhi), but is not skilled in the range (gocara) with regard to concentration. [Another] is skilled in the range with regard to concentration, but is not skilled in the object with regard to concentration. [Another] is neither skilled in the object with regard to concentration nor skilled in the range with regard to concentration. [Another] is both skilled in the object with regard to concentration and skilled in the range with regard to concentration. Therein, bhikkhus, the meditator who … is the highest and the most excellent.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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