[1304] Bhikkhus, for the direct knowledge, for the full understanding, for the utter destruction, and for the abandoning of these five fetters (saṃyojana) pertaining to the higher realm, the four jhānas are to be developed. What four? Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu, secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unwholesome states, enters and dwells in the first jhāna, which is accompanied by thought and examination, with rapture (pīti) and happiness born of seclusion. With the subsiding of thought and examination, [he enters and dwells in] the second jhāna, which has internal confidence and unification of mind (citta), is without thought and examination, and has rapture and happiness born of concentration (samādhi) … the third jhāna … he enters and dwells in the fourth jhāna. Bhikkhus, for the direct knowledge, for the full understanding, for the utter destruction, and for the abandoning of these five fetters pertaining to the higher realm, these four jhānas are to be developed.
(The Gaṅgā Repetition Series [Gaṅgāpeyyāla]. Just as the Magga-saṃyutta has been elaborated in full, so the Jhāna-saṃyutta should be elaborated, as far as the text on the searches.)
The Jhāna-saṃyutta is finished.
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Ānāpāna-saṃyutta
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The First Chapter: On One Dhamma (Ekadhamma-vagga)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.