Suññatavāra

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇī · Vol. 34 · Section 446

[446] Which phenomena (dhammā) are indeterminate (abyākata)? On whatever occasion one develops supramundane (lokuttara) jhāna — leading out [of the round] (niyyānika), tending to dispersal (apacayagāmī) — for the abandoning of wrong views (diṭṭhigata), for the attainment of the first plane (bhūmi): quite secluded from sensual pleasures … one attains and dwells in the first jhāna, of painful progress and sluggish direct knowledge (dukkhāpaṭipadaṃ dandhābhiññaṃ), with zeal as the dominant influence (chandādhipateyya) — on that occasion there is contact (phassa) … there is non-distraction (avikkhepa) … These phenomena are wholesome. As the result (vipāka) of that same supramundane wholesome jhāna having been done, having been developed: quite secluded from sensual pleasures … one attains and dwells in the first jhāna, of painful progress and sluggish direct knowledge, [of] emptiness (suññata), with zeal as the dominant influence — 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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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