Suññatavāra

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇī · Vol. 34 · Section 464

[464] Which phenomena (dhammā) are indeterminate (abyākata)? On the occasion when one develops supramundane (lokuttara) jhāna—emancipating (niyyānika), conducive to dismantling (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), undirected (appaṇihita), with zeal as the dominant factor (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 enters and dwells in the first jhāna—of painful practice and sluggish superknowledge, undirected, with zeal as the dominant factor—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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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