[1751] S. Does one pass over (saṅkamati) from the first jhāna to the second jhāna?
P. Yes.
S. Is the adverting (āvajjanā) … aspiration (paṇidhi) that is for the arising of the first jhāna the very adverting … aspiration for the arising of the second jhāna?
P. It should not be said so. …
S. One passes over from the first jhāna to the second jhāna, and yet it should not be said that the adverting … aspiration that is for the arising of the first jhāna is the very adverting … aspiration for the arising of the second jhāna?
P. Yes.
S. Does the second jhāna arise for one who is not adverting … arise for one who is not aspiring?
P. It should not be said so. …
S. Does not the second jhāna arise for one who is adverting … arise for one who is aspiring?
P. Yes.
S. If the second jhāna arises for one who is adverting … arises for one who is aspiring, then truly you should not say: "One passes over from the first jhāna to the second jhāna."
S. Does one pass over from the first jhāna to the second jhāna?
P. Yes.
S. Does the first jhāna arise for one attending to sensual pleasures (kāmā) as danger (ādīnava)?
P. Yes.
S. Does the second jhāna arise for one attending to sensual pleasures as danger?
P. It should not be said so. …
S. Is the first jhāna accompanied by thought-conception (vitakka) and discursive thought (vicāra)?
P. Yes.
S. Is the second jhāna accompanied by thought-conception and discursive thought?
P. It should not be said so. …
S. Does one pass over from the first jhāna to the second jhāna?
P. Yes.
S. Is that very first jhāna the second jhāna?
P. It should not be said so. …
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.