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AN 4.12 Sīla

AN 4.12 Sīla-suttaṃ	AN 4.12 Virtuous Behavior-discourse

♦ 12. “sampanna-sīlā, bhikkhave,	"observant-(of)-virtuous-behavior, *********,
viharatha sampanna-pātimokkhā,	(you)-should-dwell observant(of)-pātimokkhā,
pātimokkha-saṃvar-asaṃvutā viharatha	(with) pātimokkhā-restraint-(of)-un-restrained (you) should-dwell
ācāra-gocara-sampannā	{observant of}-[good]-conduct-(and)-sphere-of-activity-********
aṇumattesu vajjesu bhaya-dassāvino.	(in the most) minute faults, [there is] fear-(in)-seeing (that).
samādāya sikkhatha sikkhā-padesu.	(having) accepted (them), train-oneself (in the) training-rules.

sampanna-sīlānaṃ vo, bhikkhave,	[When you have done so...]
viharataṃ sampanna-pātimokkhānaṃ	...
pātimokkha-saṃvarasaṃvutānaṃ viharataṃ	...
ācāra-gocara-sampannānaṃ	...
aṇumattesu vajjesu bhaya-dassāvīnaṃ	...
samādāya sikkhataṃ sikkhā-padesu	...

kimassa uttari karaṇīyaṃ?	what more (should)-be-done?

(1. Walking)

♦ “carato cepi, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno	"{if, while} walking **, ********, (a) monk
abhijjhā-byāpādo vigato hoti,	{has gotten rid of} longing-(and)-ill-will,
thina-middhaṃ...	{has abandoned} dullness-and-drowsiness,
uddhacca-kukkuccaṃ...	{has abandoned} restlessness-and-remorse,
vicikicchā pahīnā hoti,	{has abandoned} doubt,
āraddhaṃ hoti vīriyaṃ as-allīnaṃ,	aroused is (his) vigor, without-slackening
upaṭṭhitā sati a-sammuṭṭhā,	established mindfulness not-muddled,
passaddho kāyo a-sāraddho,	tranquil body not-disturbed,
samāhitaṃ cittaṃ ekaggaṃ,	concentrated mind unified,

carampi, bhikkhave, bhikkhu evaṃ-bhūto	then {that monk while} walking {is said to} be:
‘ātāpī ottāpī	'ardent, dreads-wrongdoing,
satataṃ samitaṃ	constantly (and) continuously
āraddha-vīriyo pahitatto’ti	has-aroused-vigor (and) resolute.'
vuccati.	{*******}

(2. Standing)

♦ “ṭhitassa cepi, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno	"{if, while} standing **, ********, (a) monk
abhijjhā-byāpādo vigato hoti,	{has gotten rid of} longing-(and)-ill-will,
thina-middhaṃ...	{has abandoned} dullness-and-drowsiness,
uddhacca-kukkuccaṃ...	{has abandoned} restlessness-and-remorse,
vicikicchā pahīnā hoti,	{has abandoned} doubt,
āraddhaṃ hoti vīriyaṃ as-allīnaṃ,	aroused is (his) vigor, without-slackening
upaṭṭhitā sati a-sammuṭṭhā,	established mindfulness not-muddled,
passaddho kāyo a-sāraddho,	tranquil body not-disturbed,
samāhitaṃ cittaṃ ekaggaṃ,	concentrated mind unified,

ṭhitopi, bhikkhave, bhikkhu evaṃbhūto	then {that monk while} standing {is said to} be:
‘ātāpī ottāpī	'ardent, dreads-wrongdoing,
satataṃ samitaṃ	constantly (and) continuously
āraddha-vīriyo pahitatto’ti	has-aroused-vigor (and) resolute.'
vuccati.	{*******}

(3. Sitting)

♦ “nisinnassa cepi, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno	"{if, while} sitting **, ********, (a) monk
abhijjhā-byāpādo vigato hoti,	{has gotten rid of} longing-(and)-ill-will,
thina-middhaṃ...	{has abandoned} dullness-and-drowsiness,
uddhacca-kukkuccaṃ...	{has abandoned} restlessness-and-remorse,
vicikicchā pahīnā hoti,	{has abandoned} doubt,
āraddhaṃ hoti vīriyaṃ as-allīnaṃ,	aroused is (his) vigor, without-slackening
upaṭṭhitā sati a-sammuṭṭhā,	established mindfulness not-muddled,
passaddho kāyo a-sāraddho,	tranquil body not-disturbed,
samāhitaṃ cittaṃ ekaggaṃ,	concentrated mind unified,

nisinnopi, bhikkhave, bhikkhu evaṃbhūto	then {that monk while} sitting {is said to} be:
‘ātāpī ottāpī	'ardent, dreads-wrongdoing,
satataṃ samitaṃ	constantly (and) continuously
āraddha-vīriyo pahitatto’ti	has-aroused-vigor (and) resolute.'
vuccati.	{*******}

(4. Lying down)

♦ “sayānassa cepi, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno jāgarassa	"{if, while} lying-down **, ********, (a) monk (who is) wakeful,
abhijjhā-byāpādo vigato hoti,	{has gotten rid of} longing-(and)-ill-will,
thina-middhaṃ...	{has abandoned} dullness-and-drowsiness,
uddhacca-kukkuccaṃ...	{has abandoned} restlessness-and-remorse,
vicikicchā pahīnā hoti,	{has abandoned} doubt,
āraddhaṃ hoti vīriyaṃ as-allīnaṃ,	aroused is (his) vigor, without-slackening
upaṭṭhitā sati a-sammuṭṭhā,	established mindfulness not-muddled,
passaddho kāyo a-sāraddho,	tranquil body not-disturbed,
samāhitaṃ cittaṃ ekaggaṃ,	concentrated mind unified,

sayānopi, bhikkhave, bhikkhu jāgaro	then {that monk while} lying-down wakefully {is said to} be:
‘ātāpī ottāpī	'ardent, dreads-wrongdoing,
satataṃ samitaṃ	constantly (and) continuously
āraddha-vīriyo pahitatto’ti	has-aroused-vigor (and) resolute.'
vuccati.	{*******}

(verse)

♦ “yataṃ care yataṃ tiṭṭhe,	Controlled (in) walking, controlled (in) standing,
yataṃ acche yataṃ saye.	controlled (in) sitting (and in) lying down;
♦ yataṃ samiñjaye bhikkhu,	controlled (he) draws-in-the-limbs, (the) monk,
yatamenaṃ pasāraye.	controlled (he) stretches-them-out.
♦ “uddhaṃ tiriyaṃ apācīnaṃ,	Above, across, (and) below,
yāvatā jagato gati.	as-far-as (the) world extends,
♦ samavekkhitā ca dhammānaṃ,	one-who-scrutinizes the dhamma,
khandhānaṃ udayabbayaṃ.	aggregates arising-and-vanishing.
♦ “ceto-samatha-sāmīciṃ,	mind's-serenity-proper,
sikkhamānaṃ sadā sataṃ.	training (in that), always mindful
♦ satataṃ pahitattoti,	constantly resolute,
āhu bhikkhuṃ tathāvidhan”ti.	(they) call (a) monk such-as-that."

dutiyaṃ.	[end of] second [sutta in this section].

Notes

almost exactly the same sutta as KN Iti 111

(to help fill out ellided 5 hindrances)

AN 3.58

“katamāni pañcaṅgāni pahīnāni honti?

kāmacchando pahīno hoti,

byāpādo pahīno hoti,

thinamiddhaṃ pahīnaṃ hoti,

uddhaccakukkuccaṃ pahīnaṃ hoti,

vicikicchā pahīnā hoti.

imāni pañcaṅgāni vippahīnāni honti.

walking in jhāna comment

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the word jhāna not used here explicitly (but is in AN 3.63). Here, you have to put 2 + 2 together. When you have 5 hindrances removed, check, samadhi, check, ekagga, check, sati, check, and the clincher is kaya-passaddhi (bodily tranquility). It’s possible to have 2nd through fourth jhana quality of samadhi without being one of the four jhanas if the body isn’t relaxed or calm enough for piti-sukha juice to pump through your veins. But if you got passadhi, then sukha follows that awakening factor like a shadow in the 7sb (see SN 46.2, SN 46.3).

To believe that the walking described in this sutta is not the four jhānas, at the least the first 3 jhānas, would be like someone who happened to catch clark kent wearing a 3 piece suit, glasses, and flying through the air and saying, “that’s not superman, superman wouldn’t wear glasses, he wears red and blue tights with an “S” on his chest.”

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