ÑāṇavibhaṅgaDasakamātikāAtthapaṭisaṁbhidā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Vibhaṅga · Vol. 35 · Section 834

[834] Therein, which is right concentration (sammāsamādhi) with five knowledges (pañcañāṇika)? Knowledge (ñāṇa) arises in oneself thus: "This concentration (samādhi) is both pleasant in the present and has a pleasant result in the future." Knowledge arises in oneself thus: "This concentration is noble, not carnal (nirāmisa)." Knowledge arises in oneself thus: "This concentration is not practiced by base persons." Knowledge arises in oneself thus: "This concentration is peaceful, sublime, obtained by tranquilization, attained to unification (ekodibhāva), and it is not reined in and checked by forceful suppression." Knowledge arises in oneself thus: "And I indeed enter upon this concentration mindfully; mindfully I emerge from it." This is right concentration with five knowledges. Thus the bases of knowledge (ñāṇavatthu) by way of the fivefold division.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.