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SN 56.1 Samādhi

Undistractible-Lucidity

1. Samādhisutta	1. undistractible-lucidity
Sāvatthi-nidānaṃ.	At Sāvatthī. (this) originates
… pe …	…
“Samādhiṃ, bhikkhave, bhāvetha.	“undistractible-lucidity, monks: (you) must-develop (that).
Samāhito, bhikkhave, bhikkhu	{for a monk} (who has become)-undistractible-&-lucid,
yathā-bhūtaṃ pajānāti.	[reality] as-it-actually-has-become, (he) discerns.
Kiñ-ca yathā-bhūtaṃ pajānāti?	And-what (is the) [reality] as-it-actually-has-become, (which he) discerns?

(Without samādhi, you can’t fully penetrate 4nt noble truths)

‘Idaṃ dukkhan’ti	(4nt #1) ‘This is pain-&-suffering’
yathā-bhūtaṃ pajānāti,	as-it-actually-has-become; (he) discerns (that).
‘ayaṃ dukkha-samudayo’ti	(4nt #2) ‘This is pain-&-suffering's-- origination’
yathā-bhūtaṃ pajānāti,	as-it-actually-has-become; (he) discerns (that).
‘ayaṃ dukkha-nirodho’ti	(4nt #3) ‘This is pain-&-suffering's-- cessation’
yathā-bhūtaṃ pajānāti,	as-it-actually-has-become; (he) discerns (that).
‘ayaṃ dukkha-nirodha-gāminī paṭipadā’ti	(4nt #4) ‘This is pain-&-suffering's--cessation-way-of-practice’
yathā-bhūtaṃ pajānāti.	as-it-actually-has-become; (he) discerns (that).

(conclusion same as opening statement)

“Samādhiṃ, bhikkhave, bhāvetha.	“undistractible-lucidity, monks: (you) must-develop (that).
Samāhito, bhikkhave, bhikkhu	{for a monk} (who has become)-undistractible-&-lucid,
yathā-bhūtaṃ pajānāti.	[reality] as-it-actually-has-become, (he) discerns.

(dukkha refrain that appears In at least 34 suttas in SN 56)

Tasmātiha, bhikkhave,	Therefore, monks,

‘Idaṃ dukkhan’ti	(4nt #1) ‘This is pain-&-suffering’
yogo karaṇīyo,	{you must become} yoked [with devotion to comprehend that].
‘ayaṃ dukkha-samudayo’ti	(4nt #2) ‘This is pain-&-suffering's-- origination’
yogo karaṇīyo,	{you must become} yoked [with devotion to comprehend that].
‘ayaṃ dukkha-nirodho’ti	(4nt #3) ‘This is pain-&-suffering's-- cessation’
yogo karaṇīyo,	{you must become} yoked [with devotion to comprehend that].
‘ayaṃ dukkha-nirodha-gāminī paṭipadā’ti	(4nt #4) ‘This is pain-&-suffering's--cessation-way-of-practice’
yogo karaṇīyo”ti.	{you must become} yoked [with devotion to comprehend that].

Commentary

* What this sutta is saying, is that without samadhi properly developed up to the quality of four jhanas, you will only have a superficial intellectual understanding of the 4nt noble truths in theory, but not a direct realization of it that frees you from dukkha. * right view, the first of the 8aam noble eightfold path, can not be fulfilled without the 8th factor, samadhi, developed up to quality of at least first jhana. * that mutual dependence between the first and eighth factor, is an eight spoked wheel spinning in a virtuous cycle, a virtuous feedback loop. Or a snow ball that gains mass exponentially as it rolls, where as sati and samadhi gains in strength and power, leading to correspoding exponential growth in right view.

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