Suññatavāra

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇī · Vol. 34 · Section 442

[442] Which phenomena (dhammā) are indeterminate (abyākata)? On the occasion when one develops supramundane (lokuttara) jhāna — leading out (niyyānika), conducing to dispersal (apacayagāmī) — for the abandonment of views (diṭṭhigata), for the attainment of the first plane (bhūmi), and, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, … one enters and dwells in the first jhāna, of painful practice and sluggish direct knowledge (dukkhāpaṭipada-dandhābhiñña), which is desireless (appaṇihita): on that occasion there is contact (phassa) … there is non-distraction (avikkhepa) … These phenomena are wholesome (kusala). As the result (vipāka) of that same supramundane wholesome jhāna having been done, having been developed, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, … one enters and dwells in the first jhāna, of painful practice and sluggish direct knowledge, which is empty (suññata): on that occasion there is contact … there is non-distraction … These phenomena are indeterminate.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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