title: AN4.41 — Samādhibhāvanāsutta:
AN4.41 — Samādhibhāvanāsutta:
Disciples, there are these four developments of concentration. What are the four?
There is the development of concentration that, when developed and pursued, leads to a pleasant abiding in the here and now. There is the development of concentration that, when developed and pursued, leads to the attainment of knowing and vision. There is the development of concentration that, when developed and pursued, leads to mindfulness and clear knowing. There is the development of concentration that, when developed and pursued, leads to the destruction of the taints.
And what is the development of concentration that, when developed and pursued, leads to a pleasant abiding in the here and now? Here a disciple, quite secluded from sensual pleasures... enters and dwells in the fourth jhāna. This is the development of concentration that leads to a pleasant abiding in the here and now.
And what is the development of concentration that, when developed and pursued, leads to the attainment of knowing and vision? Here a disciple attends to the perception of light, resolves upon the perception of daylight: whether by day or by night, as by day so at night, as at night so by day. Thus with an open and unclouded mind, he develops a mind that is bright. This is the development of concentration that leads to the attainment of knowing and vision.
And what is the development of concentration that, when developed and pursued, leads to mindfulness and clear knowing? Here a disciple knows feelings as they arise, as they are present, as they disappear; he knows perceptions... he knows thoughts as they arise, as they are present, as they disappear. This is the development of concentration that leads to mindfulness and clear knowing.
And what is the development of concentration that, when developed and pursued, leads to the destruction of the taints? Here a disciple dwells contemplating the rise and fall in the five aggregates subject to clinging: Such is form, such is the arising of form, such is the passing away of form; such is feeling, such is the arising of feeling, such is the passing away of feeling; such is perception, such is the arising of perception, such is the passing away of perception; such are formations, such is the arising of formations, such is the passing away of formations; such is consciousness, such is the arising of consciousness, such is the passing away of consciousness. This is the development of concentration that leads to the destruction of the taints.
These are the four developments of concentration. This was spoken with reference to this in the Pārāyana, in the Puṇṇaka's Question: In the world, having considered the highs and lows, for whom there is no agitation anywhere in the world; peaceful, without smoke, free from distress, without longing, he has crossed over birth and aging, I declare.