Skip to main content

every occurrence of phāsu-vihārā (comfortable dwelling) in the suttas

I'm especially interested in the cases where it strongly implies 4 jhanas, like this one:

phāsu-vihāra-suttaṃ (AN 5.94)
AN 5.94 comfortable-Dwelling-discourse
♦ 94. “pañc'-ime, bhikkhave, phāsu-vihārā.
“[there are] five-of-these, *********, comfortable-dwellings.
katame pañca?
What five?
idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu
Here, monks, (a) monk,
vivicceva kāmehi vivicca akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṃ savicāraṃ vivekajaṃ pītisukhaṃ paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati;
(1) secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unwholesome states, a monk enters and dwells in the first jhāna …
vitakkavicārānaṃ vūpasamā ... pe ... dutiyaṃ jhānaṃ...
(2) … the second jhāna …
tatiyaṃ jhānaṃ...
(3) … the third jhāna …
catutthaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati;
(4) … the fourth jhāna.
āsavānaṃ khayā an-āsavaṃ
(5) (with) asinine-inclinations destroyed, without asinine-inclinations,
ceto-vimuttiṃ paññā-vimuttiṃ
mind-liberation, wisdom-liberation,
diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṃ
in this very life,
abhiññā sacchikatvā
direct knowledge having realized it himself
upasampajja viharati.
he enters and abides in that.
ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca phāsu-vihārā”ti.
These ***, *********, (are) five comfortable-dwellings.
catutthaṃ.
(end of sutta)


and all 20 meditation subjects for the 7sb samadhi machine, has this section in it:

“Aṭṭhika-saññā, bhikkhave, bhāvitā bahulīkatā
“Skeleton-perception, *******, developed (and) abundantly-practiced,
mahato phāsu-vihārāya saṃvattati.
great comfortable-dwelling (it) leads (to).
kathaṃ bhāvitā ca, bhikkhave, Aṭṭhika-saññā
how (do you) develop, *******, Skeleton-perception
kathaṃ bahulīkatā mahato phāsu-vihārāya saṃvattati?
how (do you) abundantly-pursue (so that) great comfortable-dwelling (it) leads (to)?
idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu
here, monks, a monk

(7sb☀️) 1🐘 2💭🕵️ 3🏹 4😁 5🌊 6🌄 7🛆👁

Aṭṭhika-saññā-sahagataṃ sati--sam-bojjh-aṅgaṃ bhāveti Viveka-nissitaṃ Vi-rāga-nissitaṃ Nirodha-nissitaṃ Vossagga-pariṇāmiṃ,
Skeleton-perception--together-with (the) Remembering--***-awakening-factor; Develop (that)! seclusion (is) necessary, Dis-passion (is) necessary, cessation (is) necessary, relinquishment (is what it) matures (into).
Aṭṭhika-saññā-sahagataṃ Dhamma-vicaya--sam-bojjh-aṅgaṃ bhāveti Viveka-nissitaṃ Vi-rāga-nissitaṃ Nirodha-nissitaṃ Vossagga-pariṇāmiṃ,
Skeleton-perception--together-with (the) Dhamma-[principles]-investigation--***-awakening-factor; Develop (that)! seclusion (is) necessary, Dis-passion (is) necessary, cessation (is) necessary, relinquishment (is what it) matures (into).
Aṭṭhika-saññā-sahagataṃ vīriya--sam-bojjh-aṅgaṃ bhāveti Viveka-nissitaṃ Vi-rāga-nissitaṃ Nirodha-nissitaṃ Vossagga-pariṇāmiṃ,
Skeleton-perception--together-with (the) Vigor--***-awakening-factor; Develop (that)! seclusion (is) necessary, Dis-passion (is) necessary, cessation (is) necessary, relinquishment (is what it) matures (into).
Aṭṭhika-saññā-sahagataṃ pīti--sam-bojjh-aṅgaṃ bhāveti Viveka-nissitaṃ Vi-rāga-nissitaṃ Nirodha-nissitaṃ Vossagga-pariṇāmiṃ,
Skeleton-perception--together-with (the) Rapture--***-awakening-factor; Develop (that)! seclusion (is) necessary, Dis-passion (is) necessary, cessation (is) necessary, relinquishment (is what it) matures (into).
Aṭṭhika-saññā-sahagataṃ passaddhi--sam-bojjh-aṅgaṃ bhāveti Viveka-nissitaṃ Vi-rāga-nissitaṃ Nirodha-nissitaṃ Vossagga-pariṇāmiṃ,
Skeleton-perception--together-with (the) Pacification--***-awakening-factor; Develop (that)! seclusion (is) necessary, Dis-passion (is) necessary, cessation (is) necessary, relinquishment (is what it) matures (into).
Aṭṭhika-saññā-sahagataṃ samādhi--sam-bojjh-aṅgaṃ bhāveti Viveka-nissitaṃ Vi-rāga-nissitaṃ Nirodha-nissitaṃ Vossagga-pariṇāmiṃ,
Skeleton-perception--together-with (the) Undistractable-Lucidity--***-awakening-factor; Develop (that)! seclusion (is) necessary, Dis-passion (is) necessary, cessation (is) necessary, relinquishment (is what it) matures (into).
Aṭṭhika-saññā-sahagataṃ upekkhā--sam-bojjh-aṅgaṃ bhāveti Viveka-nissitaṃ Vi-rāga-nissitaṃ Nirodha-nissitaṃ Vossagga-pariṇāmiṃ,
Skeleton-perception--together-with (the) Equanimous-Observation--***-awakening-factor; Develop (that)! seclusion (is) necessary, Dis-passion (is) necessary, cessation (is) necessary, relinquishment (is what it) matures (into).
evaṃ bhāvitā kho, bhikkhave, Aṭṭhika-saññā
thus developed ***, Skeleton-perception
evaṃ bahulīkatā mahato phāsu-vihārāya saṃvattatī”ti.
thus pursued, great comfortable-dwelling (it) leads (to).

Ānāpāna Vagga 7

SN 46.57 Aṭṭhika
SN 46.58 Puḷavaka
SN 46.59 Vinīlaka
SN 46.60 Vicchiddaka
SN 46.61 Uddhumātaka
SN 46.62 Mettā
SN 46.63 Karuṇā
SN 46.64 Muditā 
SN 46.65 Upekhā
SN 46.66 Ānāpānasati

Nirodha Vagga 8

SN 46.67 Asubha
SN 46.68 Maraṇa
SN 46.69 Paṭikkūla
SN 46.70 Sabbaloke
SN 46.71 Anicca
SN 46.72 Dukkha
SN 46.73 Anatta
SN 46.74 Pahāna 
SN 46.75 Virāga 
SN 46.76 Nirodha



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Advice to younger meditators on jhāna, sex, porn, masturbation

Someone asked: Is porn considered harmful sexual.activity? I don't have a sex life because I don't have a partner and I don't wish to engage in casual sex so I use porn to quench the biological urge to orgasm. I can't see that's it's harmful because nobody is being forced into it. The actors are all paid well and claim to enjoy it etc. The only harm I can see is that it's so accessible these days on smart devices and so children may access it but I believe that this is the parents responsibility to not allow unsupervised use of devices etc. Views? Frankk response: In another thread, you asked about pleasant sensations and jhāna.  I'm guessing you're young, so here's some important advice you won't get from suttas   if you're serious about jhāna.  (since monastics are already celibate by rule)   If you want to attain stable and higher jhānas,   celibacy and noble silence to the best of your ability are the feedstock and prerequiste to tha...
Post a Comment
Read more

SN 48.40 Ven. Thanissaro comments on Ven. Sunyo's analysis

This was Ven. Sunyo's analysis of SN 48.40: https://notesonthedhamma.blogspot.com/2024/05/exciting-news-honest-ebt-scholars-like.html And here is Ven. Thanissaro's response to that analysis: I think there’s a better way to tackle the issue of SN 48:40 than by appealing to the oldest layers of commentarial literature. That way is to point out that SN 48:40, as we have it, doesn’t pass the test in DN 16 for determining what’s genuine Dhamma and what’s not. There the standard is, not the authority of the person who’s claiming to report the Buddha’s teachings, but whether the teachings he’s reporting are actually in accordance with the principles of the Dhamma that you know. So the simple fact that those who have passed the Buddha’s teachings down to us say that a particular passage is what the Buddha actually taught is not sufficient grounds for accepting it. In the case of the jhānas—the point at issue here— we have to take as our guide the standard formula for the jhānas, a...
Post a Comment
Read more

1min. video: Dalai Lama kissing boy and asking him to suck his tongue

To give more context, this is a public event,  * everyone knows cameras are rolling  *  it's a room full of children * the boy's mom is standing off camera a few feet away watching all of this * the boy initiated contact, he had already had a hug with Dalai Lama earlier and then asked Dalai Lama for another hug which triggered this segment  17 min. video showing what happened before that 1 min. clip and after, with some explanation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT0qey5Ts78 16min talk from Ajahn Acalo with his thoughts on Dalai Lama kissing boy, relevance to Bhikkhu monastic code, sexual predators in religion in general, and how celibate monastics deal with sexual energy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK2m0TcUib0 The child's comments about the incident in a filmed interview later https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/world-news/2023/04/18/643eba5d46163ffc078b457c.html The child: It's a great experience It was amazing to meet His Holiness and I think it's a great ex...
Post a Comment
Read more