Suññatavāra

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇī · Vol. 34 · Section 449

[449] Which phenomena (dhammā) are indeterminate (abyākata)? On the occasion when one develops supramundane (lokuttara) jhāna that leads out (niyyānika) and leads to dismantling (apacayagāmī), for the abandoning of views (diṭṭhigata), for the attainment of the first plane (bhūmi): with the stilling of thought and examination (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 direct knowledge (dukkhāpaṭipadaṃ dandhābhiññaṃ), with zeal as the dominant influence (chandādhipateyya) — this is the wholesome (kusala); … of painful practice and sluggish direct knowledge, empty (suññata), with zeal as the dominant influence — this is the result (vipāka); … of painful practice and sluggish direct knowledge, with zeal as the dominant influence — this is the wholesome; … of painful practice and sluggish direct knowledge, signless (animitta), with zeal as the dominant influence — this is the result; … of painful practice and sluggish direct knowledge, with zeal as the dominant influence — this is the wholesome; … of painful practice and sluggish direct knowledge, undirected (appaṇihita), with zeal as the dominant influence — this is the result; on that occasion there is contact (phassa) … there is non-distraction (avikkhepa) … These phenomena are indeterminate.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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