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AN 9.41 Buddha doing impure 4 jhānas and 9 attainments, doing lots of vitakka (verbal thinking)

 


9.41 - AN 9.41 Tapussa: With the Householder Tapussa

(2025 SP-FLUENT translation by frankk‍ derived from B. Sujato‍ )
    AN 9.41.0 - (for laypeople, kāma/sensuality they love, nekkhama/renunciation they don’t )
        AN 9.41.0.1 - (Even Buddha at first didn’t appreciate renunciation )
        AN 9.41.0.2 - (why? Implicit dhamma vitakka & vicara)
        AN 9.41.0.3 - (use result of Dhamma vitakka to change ditthi/view, effort/vayamo)
    AN 9.41.1 - (1. Impure First jhāna )
        AN 9.41.1.1 - (interrupted by perceptions of kāma/sensual pleasures)
        AN 9.41.1.2 - (use implicit Dhamma-vitakka & vicara to convince himself to seek second jhana)
    AN 9.41.2 - (2. Impure Second jhāna )
        AN 9.41.2.1 - (interrupted by perceptions and attention to vitakka/thoughts)
        AN 9.41.2.2 - (use implicit Dhamma-vitakka & vicara to convince himself to seek third jhana)
    AN 9.41.3 - (3. Impure third jhāna )
        AN 9.41.3.1 - (interrupted by perceptions of rapture)
        AN 9.41.3.2 - (use implicit Dhamma-vitakka & vicara to convince himself to seek fourth jhana)
    AN 9.41.4 - (4. Impure fourth jhāna )
        AN 9.41.4.1 - (interrupted by perceptions of sukha via kāya passaddhi of 3rd jhāna)
        AN 9.41.4.2 - (use implicit Dhamma-vitakka & vicara to convince himself to seek space infinitude dimension)
    AN 9.41.5 - (5. Impure space-infinitude dimension )
        AN 9.41.5.1 - (interrupted by perceptions of rupa)
        AN 9.41.5.2 - (use implicit Dhamma-vitakka & vicara to convince himself to seek consciousness-infinitude dimension)
    AN 9.41.6 - (6. Impure consciousness-infinitude-dimension )
        AN 9.41.6.1 - (interrupted by perceptions of space infinitude)
        AN 9.41.6.2 - (use implicit Dhamma-vitakka & vicara to see drawbacks and seek a higher attainment)
    AN 9.41.7 - (7. Impure no-thingness-dimension )
        AN 9.41.7.1 - (interrupted by perceptions of consciousness infinitude)
        AN 9.41.7.2 - (use implicit Dhamma-vitakka & vicara to see drawbacks and seek a higher attainment)
    AN 9.41.8 - (8. Impure neither perception nor non perception )
        AN 9.41.8.1 - (interrupted by perceptions of no-thingness dimension)
        AN 9.41.8.2 - (use implicit Dhamma-vitakka & vicara to see drawbacks and seek a higher attainment)
    AN 9.41.9 - (9. pure cessation of perception and feeling )
    AN 9.41.10 - (conclusion )

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