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7sb and 4 jhanas are covering the same territory


Compare the standard 4 jhana formula below, with the standard 7sb formula from SN 46.3
https://notesonthedhamma.blogspot.com/2019/02/sn-463-real-bojjhanga-paritta-notice.html


Both start with thinking, with sati,  culminate in  samadhi, and upekkha.

Excerpt from MN 19

http://lucid24.org/mn/mn019/toc-addon/index.html#calibre_link-16

seyyathāpi, bhikkhave,
“Just as (in the)
gimhānaį¹ƒ pacchime māse
hot-season, (in the) last month,
sabba-sassesu gāmanta-sambhatesu
(when) all-crops (into the) village-(they've been)-stored-up,
gopālako gāvo rakkheyya,
a cowherd {would look after} (his) cows:
tassa rukkha-mūla-gatassa vā
While resting under the shade of a tree or
abbhokāsa-gatassa vā
out in the open,
šŸ˜ sati-karaį¹‡Ä«yam-eva hoti — ‘etā VAR gāvo’ti.
šŸ˜ he simply keeps himself remembering ‘those cows.’
evamevaį¹ƒ kho, bhikkhave,
In the same way,
šŸ˜ sati-karaį¹‡Ä«yam-eva ahosi — ‘ete dhammā’ti.
šŸ˜ I simply kept myself remembering ‘those qualities.’
“āraddhaį¹ƒ kho pana me, bhikkhave,
“aroused indeed in me, monks
(7sb → 3. šŸ¹) vÄ«riyaį¹ƒ ahosi a-sallÄ«naį¹ƒ,
(7sb → 3. šŸ¹), vigor was un-flagging,
(7sb → 1. šŸ˜) upaį¹­į¹­hitā sati a-sam-muį¹­į¹­hā,
(7sb → 1. šŸ˜) established remembering, not-forgetful,
(7sb → 5. šŸŒŠ) passaddho kāyo a-sāraddho,
(7sb → 5. šŸŒŠ) Pacified body, un-aroused,
(7sb → 6. šŸŒ„) samāhitaį¹ƒ cittaį¹ƒ ekaggaį¹ƒ.
(7sb → 6. šŸŒ„) Undistractability-and-lucidity (of) mind, singular.

(STED 1st Jhāna)

šŸš«šŸ’‘ vivicc’eva kāmehi
šŸš«šŸ’‘ Quite-withdrawn (from) sensuality,
šŸš«šŸ˜  vivicca a-kusalehi dhammehi
šŸš«šŸ˜  withdrawn (from) un-skillful Dhamma [teachings & qualities],
(V&VšŸ’­) sa-vitakkaį¹ƒ sa-vicāraį¹ƒ
(V&VšŸ’­) With-directed-thought, with-evaluation,
šŸ˜šŸ™‚ viveka-jaį¹ƒ pÄ«ti-sukhaį¹ƒ
šŸ˜šŸ™‚ withdrawal-born rapture-&pleasure,
šŸŒ˜ paį¹­hamaį¹ƒ jhānaį¹ƒ upasampajja viharati.
šŸŒ˜ first Jhāna (he) enters, dwells.

(STED 2nd Jhāna)

Vitakka-vicārānaį¹ƒ vÅ«pasamā
(with) directed-thoughts-(and)-evaluation subsiding,
ajjhattaį¹ƒ sampasādanaį¹ƒ
internal assurance,
šŸŒ„ cetaso ekodi-bhāvaį¹ƒ
šŸŒ„ mind has-become-singular,
šŸš«(V&VšŸ’­) a-vitakkaį¹ƒ a-vicāraį¹ƒ
šŸš«(V&VšŸ’­) No-directed-Thought, no-evaluation,
šŸŒ„šŸ˜šŸ™‚ samādhi-jaį¹ƒ pÄ«ti-sukhaį¹ƒ
šŸŒ„šŸ˜šŸ™‚ undistractable-lucidity—born rapture-&pleasure,
šŸŒ— dutiyaį¹ƒ jhānaį¹ƒ upasampajja viharati.
šŸŒ— second Jhāna (he) enters, dwells.

(STED 3rd Jhāna)

šŸš«šŸ˜ pÄ«tiyā ca virāgā
šŸš«šŸ˜(with) Rapture ** fading,
šŸ‘ upekkhako ca viharati
šŸ‘ Equanimously-observing ** (he) dwells,
(S&SšŸ˜šŸ’­) sato ca sam-pajāno,
(S&SšŸ˜šŸ’­) (he is a) Rememberer, (a) lucid-discerner,
šŸ™‚šŸš¶ sukhaƱca kāyena paį¹­i-saį¹ƒ-vedeti,
šŸ™‚šŸš¶ pleasure with-the-body (he) experiences,
yaį¹ƒ taį¹ƒ ariyā ācikkhanti —
that those Noble-Ones declare -
‘upekkhako satimā sukha-vihārÄ«’ti
“(He is an) equanimous-observer (and a) Rememberer, (he has) pleasurable-abiding.”
šŸŒ– tatiyaį¹ƒ jhānaį¹ƒ upasampajja viharati.
šŸŒ– third Jhāna (he) enters, dwells.

(STED 4th Jhāna)

sukhassa ca pahānā
(with) Pleasure's ** abandoning,
dukkhassa ca pahānā
(with) pain's ** abandoning,
pubbeva so-manassa-do-manassānaį¹ƒ atthaį¹…gamā
(with) previous elated-mental-state-(and)-distressed-mental-states’ disappearance,
A-dukkham-a-sukhaį¹ƒ
Neither-pain nor-pleasure
šŸ‘šŸ˜ Upekkhā-sati-pārisuddhiį¹ƒ
šŸ‘šŸ˜ equanimous-observation-(and)-remembrance-purified,
šŸŒ• catutthaį¹ƒ jhānaį¹ƒ upasampajja viharati
šŸŒ• fourth Jhāna (he) enters, dwells.



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