[266] Which phenomena (dhammā) are wholesome (kusala)? On the occasion when one develops supramundane (lokuttara) jhāna — which leads out (niyyānika) and tends to dispersal (apacayagāmī) — for the abandoning of views (diṭṭhigata), for the attainment of the first plane (bhūmi): quite secluded from sensual pleasures … one enters and dwells in the first jhāna, of painful practice and sluggish superknowledge (dukkhāpaṭipadaṃ dandhābhiññaṃ), empty (suññataṃ) — 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 supramundane jhāna — which leads out and tends to dispersal — for the abandoning of views, for the attainment of the first plane: quite secluded from sensual pleasures … one enters and dwells in the first jhāna, of painful practice and quick superknowledge (dukkhāpaṭipadaṃ khippābhiññaṃ), empty — on that occasion there is contact … there is non-distraction … These phenomena are wholesome.
Which phenomena are wholesome? On the occasion when one develops supramundane jhāna — which leads out and tends to dispersal — for the abandoning of views, for the attainment of the first plane: quite secluded from sensual pleasures … one enters and dwells in the first jhāna, of pleasant practice and sluggish superknowledge (sukhāpaṭipadaṃ dandhābhiññaṃ), empty — on that occasion there is contact … there is non-distraction … These phenomena are wholesome.
Which phenomena are wholesome? On the occasion when one develops supramundane jhāna — which leads out and tends to dispersal — for the abandoning of views, for the attainment of the first plane: quite secluded from sensual pleasures … one enters and dwells in the first jhāna, of pleasant practice and quick superknowledge, empty — on that occasion there is contact … there is non-distraction … These phenomena are wholesome.
Which phenomena are wholesome? On the occasion when one develops supramundane jhāna — which leads out and tends to dispersal — for the abandoning of views, for the attainment of the first plane: with the stilling of thought-conception and discursive thought (vitakka-vicāra) … the second jhāna … the third jhāna … the fourth jhāna … the first jhāna … one enters and dwells in the fifth jhāna, of painful practice and sluggish superknowledge, empty … of painful practice and quick superknowledge, empty … of pleasant practice and sluggish superknowledge, empty … of pleasant practice and quick superknowledge, empty — on that occasion there is contact … there is non-distraction … These phenomena are wholesome.
The Modes of Practice Rooted in Emptiness (suññatamūlaka-paṭipadā).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.