| Table:Rūpa jhāna | ||||
| Cetasika (mental factors) | First jhāna | Second jhāna | Third jhāna | Fourth jhāna |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kāma / Akusala dhamma (sensuality / unskillful qualities) | secluded from; withdrawn | does not occur | does not occur | does not occur |
| Pīti (rapture) | seclusion-born; pervades body | samādhi-born; pervades body | fades away (along with distress) | does not occur |
| Sukha (non-sensual pleasure) | pervades physical body | abandoned (no pleasure nor pain) | ||
| Vitakka ("applied thought") | accompanies jhāna | unification of awareness free from vitakka and vicāra | does not occur | does not occur |
| Vicāra ("sustained thought") | ||||
| Upekkhāsatipārisuddhi | does not occur | internal confidence | equanimous; mindful | purity of equanimity and mindfulness |
| Sources:[1][2][3] | ||||
Template:JhanaFactors lists factors traditionally identified as related toBuddhist states of meditative absorption (jhana). This includes factors that both whose quelling immediatelyprecede and that areconcurrent with jhana states.
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These jhana factors are those identified in thePali Canon'sSutta Pitaka, such asSamyutta Nikaya 28.1-4 andAN 5.28.[citation needed]
The discourses identify two factors that arewithdrawn from prior to the arising of the first jhana state:[1][2]
The factors identified with jhana states are:[1][2]
More than just checking off which of these factors is present or absent in a particular jhana state, this table attempts to show in what way the factor is present or overcome as articulated by the aforementioned discourses.
It is hoped that this template's visual representation of the stepwise progression of factors entailed in the development of jhana states will help readers appreciate what is achieved with such attainment and its pertinence to the overall Buddhist pursuit ofnirvana.
The sources for this template are included in the table itself. They include the Sinhala edition of Pali text (gratisMettaNet-Lanka) as well as the English translations of two popular contemporary translators,Bhikkhu Bodhi andThanissaro Bhikkhu. Some condensation of their translations was done to keep this table simple and relatively small. (The actual URLs for the identified web sites are wiki-piped into the hosting site's identified name [MettaNet-Lanka, Access to Insight] for the sake of relative textual brevity.)
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