Sappāyakārīsutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Khandhavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 17 · Section 609

[609] At Sāvatthī. … [One meditator] is skilled in resolution (abhinīhāra) regarding concentration (samādhi) but is not one who acts with care regarding concentration. [Another] is one who acts with care regarding concentration but is not skilled in resolution regarding concentration. [Another] is neither skilled in resolution regarding concentration nor one who acts with care regarding concentration. [Another] is both skilled in resolution regarding concentration and one who acts with care regarding concentration. Therein, bhikkhus, the meditator (jhāyī) 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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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