SN 36.11 The Buddha gives incontrovertible gloss on the physical aspect of passaddhi sambojjhanga (pacification awakening factor)
from Dhammawheel forum thread Re: Passaddhi; and a more general question I respond: https://lucid24.org/sted/7sb/5passaddhi ... ml#flink-8 in SN 36.11 look at how the 6 passaddhi's are used to describe 9 samadhi attainments, but deliberately omitting the formless attainments, in contrast to the 9 nirodhas and 9 vupasamas. This is incontrovertible evidence that kaya-passaddhi refers to pacification of the physical body, the sutta is the Buddha's own commentary on passaddhi. citta passaddhi has a straightforward meaning, again noticing what physical and mental elements would have to be pacified through those 9 samadhi attainments in SN 36.11 first jhana pacifies unskillfull thoughts with skillful ones. second jhana sublimates skillful verbal thoughts into subverbal mental activity (most commonly described as paying attention to Dharmic perceptions). 3rd jhana the mental trigger for piti is discarded as being an unnecessary expenditure of energy, 3rd and 4th jhana equanimous obse