1: The Book of the Ones
1. Obsession of the Mind - 395–401
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi (More copyright information)
1"Bhikkhus, if for just the time of a finger snap a bhikkhu develops (395) the second jhāna … (396) the third jhāna … (397) the fourth jhāna … (398) the liberation of the mind by loving-kindness … (399) the liberation of the mind by compassion … (400) the liberation of the mind by altruistic joy … (401) the liberation of the mind by equanimity, [n.195] These are the four jhānas followed by the four divine dwellings (brahmavihāra). he is called a bhikkhu who is not devoid of jhāna, who acts upon the teaching of the Teacher, who responds to his advice, and who does not eat the country's almsfood in vain. How much more, then, those who cultivate it!"
