VaggaJhānantarikakathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1760

[1760] S. Concentration (samādhi) accompanied by thought-conception (vitakka) and discursive thought (vicāra) is not an intermediate stage between jhānas (jhānantarika)? P. Yes. S. Concentration without thought-conception, with discursive thought only, is not an intermediate stage between jhānas? P. That should not be said. … S. Concentration without thought-conception and without discursive thought is not an intermediate stage between jhānas? P. Yes. S. Concentration without thought-conception, with discursive thought only, is not an intermediate stage between jhānas? P. That should not be said. …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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