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Vitakka-vicārānaṃ vūpasamā |
with the subsiding of directed-thought and evaluation [of those verbal ☸Dharma thoughts], |
ajjhattaṃ sam-pasādanaṃ |
with internal purity and self-confidence, |
🌄 cetaso ekodi-bhāvaṃ |
his mind becomes singular in focus. |
🚫(V&V💭) a-vitakkaṃ a-vicāraṃ |
Without directed-thought and evaluation, [mental processing is now subverbal,] |
🌄😁🙂 samādhi-jaṃ pīti-sukhaṃ |
[mental] rapture and [physical] pleasure is born from undistractible-lucidity, |
🌗 dutiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati. |
he attains and lives in second jhāna. |
TOC for details on Second Jhāna in book Goldcraft
Goldcraft 4.3.2 j2🌗 Second Jhāna
Goldcraft 4.3.2.1 vitakka + vicāra = directed-thought and evaluation
Goldcraft 4.3.2.2 vūpasamā = subsiding
Goldcraft 4.3.2.3 ajjhattaṃ sam-pasādanaṃ = with internal purity and self-confidence
Goldcraft 4.3.2.4 cetaso ekodi-bhāvaṃ = his mind becomes singular in focus
Goldcraft 4.3.2.6 a-vitakkaṃ a-vicāraṃ = without directed-thought and evaluation
Goldcraft 4.3.2.7 samādhi-jaṃ pīti-sukham = [mental] rapture and [physical] pleasure
Goldcraft 4.3.2.8 dutiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati = he attains and lives in second jhāna
Goldcraft 4.3.2.40 👑😶 Noble Silence, ariyo vā tuṇhī-bhāvo
Goldcraft 4.3.2.50 2nd jhāna misc.
Essence of j2🌗 Second Jhāna
* Compared to first jhāna, which still involves linguistic verbal mental talk of
V&V💭 ,
* in second jhāna that V&V is sublimated into the
subverbal mental processing of
S&S🐘💭 .
* That subverbal S&S can either passively enjoy this pleasant abiding, or engage in subverbal Dharma investigation, for example seeing dukkha, seeing cause of dukkha, etc.
* As
MN 20 says, starting with second jhāna, one starts to become a master of thinking what one wants to think, and not thinking what one doesn't want to think. In contrast, the first jhāna accomplishment was that one hasn't learned the art of
👑😶 noble silence yet, but one at least prefers thinking skillful Dharma related thoughts over unskillful worldly Dharmas.