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The Essential Nature of First Jhāna

The Essential Nature of First Jhāna ( j1🌘 ) Through careful study of  every reference  to the  STED   4j🌕  formula, 通过对标准四禅公式 (STED 4j🌕) 每一处引用的仔细研究， and close examination of what occurs immediately before first jhāna, 以及对初禅前一刻所发生情况的密切审视， a clear pattern reveals itself. 一个清晰的模式显露了出来。   Before mastering the capacity to silence internal dialogue at will— 在掌握随心所欲寂静内心对话的能力之前—— before entering the  👑😶  noble silence of 2nd jhāna where  V&V💭  cease 在进入二禅那“圣默然”👑😶（此时寻与伺 V&V💭 停止， and give way to  subverbal  awareness and investigation of  S&S🐘💭 — 并让位于对乐与定 S&S🐘💭 的无言觉知与探究）之前—— one must first: 一个人必须首先： 0. memorize 7 awakening factors   0. Understand and memorize the  7sb☀️  awakening factors, 0. 理解并背诵七觉支 7sb☀️， particularly  SN  46.3 . 特别是《相应部》SN 46.3。 Every meditation technique, 每一种禅修技巧， including those employing V&V skillfully in first jhāna, 包括那些在初禅中巧妙运用寻与伺 V&V 的技巧， rests...
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SN 47.20 The Blade and the Beloved

  download mp3 audio, mp4 video here https://archive.org/details/audtip-lucid24-SN-47-20/sn47.20-embellished.mp3 an earlier translation with different video: SN 47.20 explained in 24 seconds of video: Sati on 24/7, or die a horrific death
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SN 47.6 The Quail - liberal translation by Jane Austen

  jane austen style presentation of SN 47.6, by claude ai, Dhamma portions reworked by frankk: The Hawk and the Quail: A Moral Tale Concerning the Imprudence of Venturing Beyond One's Proper Sphere In this section (click this to open/close TOC) Chapter I: In Which a Quail Exhibits a Lamentable Want of Judgment Chapter II: In Which Pride Precedeth a Most Literal Fall Chapter III: In Which Superior Knowledge Triumphs Over Superior Force Chapter IV: In Which the Moral Application Is Made Clear SN 47.6 - A Rendering in the Manner of Polite Society It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a creature in possession of good sense must be in want of the wisdom to remain within its proper domain. Yet how often do we observe, in both the natural world and in the drawing rooms of civilized society, individuals who, believing themselves exempt from this maxim, venture forth into territories where they have neither knowledge nor advantage, and there meet wi...
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SN 6.13 ratio of sekhas to arahants

Just my notes, no conclusion, just wondering. Thanissaro translation:  In a single holy life, a thousand have left death behind. More in training, five hundred plus ten times tenfold ten: All have attained the stream that never leads to an animal birth. 500 + 1000 = 1500 trainees (all = 1000 + 1500) 2500 stream enterers Bodhi's translation, I thought it might be saying 1000 arahants, 1500 sekhas ( 500 more nonreturners and once returners than arahants) 10x10x10 x (1000 + 1500) = 2500 x 1000 stream enterers Obviously verse is tricky to say with any certainty, 1) wondering if sekha here in SN 6.13 (or in general) tends to refer to non-returners and once returners (excluding stream enterers) 2) wondering if this sutta is meant to give a breakdown of ratios between various types of enlightened beings, like in  SN 8.7 “Imesampi khvāhaṃ, sāriputta, pañcannaṃ bhikkhusatānaṃ na kiñci garahāmi kāyikaṃ vā vācasikaṃ vā. “There is nothing, Sāriputta, that these five hundred monks hav...
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Free EZ Reader program download - format your writing so it's neat and readable

 If you misplace it, you can get it again from the bottom of lucid24.org homepage:  EZ Reader EZ-reader: sensible paragraph formatting standard for digital books Free EZ-Reader generator Why doesn't everyone do it the 'ez way'? Back in the days of the printing press, you cut down trees, made paper, printed text on paper. So to save on costs, you tried to jam as much ink and word count into a single page as you possibly can. Newsflash. Most people don't read things on physical paper anymore. On digital ink, you won't waste trees and physical paper by arranging your digital text in an organized, readable manner. Demonstration with real world example AN 10.3 . What's easier to read, and re-read as a reference looking for something particular: Sujato's version: “Mendicants, an unethical person, who lacks ethics, has destroyed a vital condition for having no regrets. When there are regrets, one who has regrets has destroyed a vital condition for joy. When there i...
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Gorilla Ethos: aware but don't care. Relevant not just to taiji, but jhāna especially

  9.3 – Line 3: aware but don't care don't care if they stare, don't care what you wear, don't care about hair, don't care for underwear. frankk‍ 2025-12-21. Chinese + Spanish are google gemini. Esta es probablemente la razón principal por la que la gente solo obtiene una fracción del beneficio de su rutina regular de ejercicio. This is probably the biggest reason people only get a small fraction of the benefit from their regular exercise routine. 这可能是人们在日常锻炼中只能获得微乎其微收益的最主要原因。 Se preocupan por su apariencia y su estatus social, They're worried about how they look and their social status, 他们过于担心自己的形象和社交地位， hasta que se toman en serio el espíritu del gorila y maximizan los beneficios para la salud. until they take the gorilla ethos to heart and maximize the health benefits. 直到他们真正领会大猩猩精神，并将健康益处最大化。 Hacen taiji como un arte escénico, preocupándose por detalles superficiales sin sentido con fines teatrales. They do taiji as a performa...
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