Suññatavāra

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇī · Vol. 34 · Section 426

[426] Which phenomena (dhammā) are indeterminate (abyākata)? On the occasion when one develops the supramundane (lokuttara) jhāna — leading out [of the round] (niyyānika), conducing to the undoing [of rebirth] (apacayagāmī) — for the abandonment of views (diṭṭhigata), for the attainment of the first stage (bhūmi): quite secluded from sensual pleasures … one enters and dwells in the first jhāna, of painful practice and swift direct knowledge (dukkhāpaṭipadaṃ khippābhiññaṃ) … of pleasant practice and sluggish direct knowledge (sukhāpaṭipadaṃ dandhābhiññaṃ) … of pleasant practice and swift direct knowledge (sukhāpaṭipadaṃ khippābhiññaṃ) … the second jhāna … the third jhāna … the fourth jhāna … the first jhāna … one enters and dwells in the fifth jhāna, of pleasant practice and swift direct knowledge — [this is] the wholesome (kusala) … of pleasant practice and swift direct knowledge, empty (suññata) — [this is] the resultant (vipāka) … of pleasant practice and swift direct knowledge — [this is] the wholesome … of pleasant practice and swift direct knowledge, signless (animitta) — [this is] the resultant … of pleasant practice and swift direct knowledge — [this is] the wholesome … of pleasant practice and swift direct knowledge, desireless (appaṇihita) — [this is] the resultant — on that occasion there is contact (phassa) … there is non-distraction (avikkhepa) … These phenomena are indeterminate. The Bare Modes of Practice (Suddhika-paṭipadā).

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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