🔗📝jhāna and samādhi similes

 

Famous 4 jhāna similes (AN 5.28, DN 2, others)

5th noble right samādhi

noble 5 factor sammāa samādhi

crow and full jar

full pond

expert chariot driver

AN 6.55 Sona learning to balance vīriya (vigorous striving) and serenity (samatha)

Sona tired of householder and musician's life, wants to become monk.

Still struggling to balance vīriya and samatha

AN 6.55 After Buddha gives him some tips, Arahant Sona is part of single stone mountain, imperturbable to violent storms (of sensory data)

MN 125 samādhi is view from mountain top

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9 samādhi attainments (illustrated)