[180] Which phenomena (dhammā) are wholesome?
On the occasion when one develops the path (magga) for rebirth in the form sphere (rūpūpapatti)—when, not percipient of form internally, one sees forms externally, limited ones, [thinking,] "Having mastered them, I know, I see," and, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, … one enters and dwells in the first jhāna, limited, with a limited object—on that occasion there is contact (phassa) … there is non-distraction (avikkhepa) … These phenomena are wholesome.
Which phenomena are wholesome?
On the occasion when one develops the path for rebirth in the form sphere—when, not percipient of form internally, one sees forms externally, limited ones, [thinking,] "Having mastered them, I know, I see," and, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, … one enters and dwells in the first jhāna, measureless, with a limited object—on that occasion there is contact … there is non-distraction … These phenomena are wholesome.
Which phenomena are wholesome?
On the occasion when one develops the path for rebirth in the form sphere—when, not percipient of form internally, one sees forms externally, limited ones, [thinking,] "Having mastered them, I know, I see," and, with the subsiding of thought-conception (vitakka) and discursive thought (vicāra), … the second jhāna … the third jhāna … the fourth jhāna … the first jhāna … one enters and dwells in the fifth jhāna, limited, with a limited object … measureless, with a limited object—on that occasion there is contact … there is non-distraction … These phenomena are wholesome.
The Two Objects.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.