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B01030101cittuppādakaṇḍaṃ (mind arising section)

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At the time when one develops supramundane jhāna, leading to liberation, tending to decrease (defilements), for the abandonment of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage (of awakening), having quite secluded from sensual pleasures... and abides having entered the first jhāna, with painful practice, with quick direct knowledge, with emptiness; at that time there is contact... there is non-distraction... these states are wholesome. 347. Which states are wholesome? At the time when one develops supramundane jhāna, leading to liberation, tending to decrease (defilements), for the abandonment of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage (of awakening), having quite secluded from sensual pleasures... and abides having entered the first jhāna, with pleasant practice, with slow direct knowledge, with emptiness; at that time there is contact... there is non-distraction... these states are wholesome. 348. Which states are wholesome? At the time when one develops supramundane jhāna, leading to liberation, tending to decrease (defilements), for the abandonment of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage (of awakening), having quite secluded from sensual pleasures... and abides having entered the first jhāna, with pleasant practice, with quick direct knowledge, with emptiness; at that time there is contact... there is non-distraction... these states are wholesome. 349. Which states are wholesome? At the time when one develops supramundane jhāna, leading to liberation, tending to decrease (defilements), for the abandonment of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage (of awakening), with the stilling of initial application and sustained application... the second jhāna... the third jhāna... the fourth jhāna... the first jhāna... the fifth jhāna... and abides having entered (one of these jhānas), with painful practice, with slow direct knowledge, with emptiness... with painful practice, with quick direct knowledge, with emptiness... with pleasant practice, with slow direct knowledge... ...emptiness... a pleasant practice, quick insight, emptiness. At that time, contact is... non-distraction is... these states are wholesome. The path rooted in emptiness. The Undesired. 350. Which states are wholesome? At that time, one develops supramundane jhana, leading to liberation, leading to non-accumulation, for the abandoning of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage. Quite secluded from sensual pleasures... one enters and dwells in the first jhana, the undesired. At that time, contact is... non-distraction is... these states are wholesome. 351. Which states are wholesome? At that time, one develops supramundane jhana, leading to liberation, leading to non-accumulation, for the abandoning of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage. With the stilling of initial and sustained application... one enters and dwells in the second jhana... the third jhana... the fourth jhana... the first jhana... the fifth jhana, the undesired. At that time, contact is... non-distraction is... these states are wholesome. The Undesired. The path rooted in the undesired. 352. Which states are wholesome? At that time, one develops supramundane jhana, leading to liberation, leading to non-accumulation, for the abandoning of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage. Quite secluded from sensual pleasures... one enters and dwells in the first jhana, a painful practice, slow insight, the undesired. At that time, contact is... non-distraction is... these states are wholesome. 353. Which states are wholesome? At that time, one develops supramundane jhana, leading to liberation, leading to non-accumulation, for the abandoning of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage. Quite secluded from sensual pleasures... one enters and dwells in the first jhana, a painful practice, quick insight, the undesired. At that time, contact is... non-distraction is... these states are wholesome. 354. Which states are wholesome? At that time, one develops supramundane jhana, leading to liberation, leading to non-accumulation, for the abandoning of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage. for the attainment by being secluded from sensual pleasures…pe… he enters and abides in the first jhāna, with pleasant practice, slow direct knowledge, unconditioned. At that time, there is contact…pe… there is non-distraction…pe… these states are wholesome. 355. Which states are wholesome? At the time when he develops the supramundane jhāna, leading to liberation, leading to the cessation of accumulation, for the abandonment of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage, by being secluded from sensual pleasures…pe… he enters and abides in the first jhāna, with pleasant practice, swift direct knowledge, unconditioned. At that time, there is contact…pe… there is non-distraction…pe… these states are wholesome. 356. Which states are wholesome? At the time when he develops the supramundane jhāna, leading to liberation, leading to the cessation of accumulation, for the abandonment of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage, with the subsiding of initial application and sustained application…pe… the second jhāna…pe… the third jhāna…pe… the fourth jhāna…pe… the first jhāna…pe… he enters and abides in the fifth jhāna, with painful practice, slow direct knowledge, unconditioned…pe… with painful practice, swift direct knowledge, unconditioned…pe… with pleasant practice, slow direct knowledge, unconditioned…pe… with pleasant practice, swift direct knowledge, unconditioned. At that time, there is contact…pe… there is non-distraction…pe… these states are wholesome. The Practices Rooted in the Unconditioned. Twenty Great Methods 357. Which states are wholesome? At the time when he develops the supramundane path…pe… he develops supramundane mindfulness foundations…pe… he develops supramundane right exertions…pe… he develops supramundane bases of psychic power…pe… he develops supramundane faculties…pe… he develops supramundane powers…pe… he develops supramundane factors of awakening…pe… he develops supramundane truths…pe… he develops supramundane tranquility…pe… he develops supramundane states…pe… he develops supramundane aggregates…pe… he develops supramundane sense bases…pe… he develops supramundane elements…pe… he develops supramundane nutriment…pe… he develops supramundane contact…pe… he develops supramundane develops feeling...etc... develops supramundane perception...etc... develops supramundane volition...etc... develops supramundane consciousness, leading to liberation, leading to the decrease (of defilements), for the abandoning of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage, quite secluded from sensual pleasures...etc... enters and dwells in the first jhāna, with painful practice and slow direct knowledge. At that time there is contact...etc... there is non-distraction...etc... these states are wholesome. Twenty great methods. Dominance 358. Which states are wholesome? At the time when one develops supramundane jhāna, leading to liberation, leading to the decrease (of defilements), for the abandoning of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage, quite secluded from sensual pleasures...etc... enters and dwells in the first jhāna, with painful practice and slow direct knowledge, with desire as a governing principle...etc... with energy as a governing principle...etc... with consciousness as a governing principle...etc... with investigation as a governing principle. At that time there is contact...etc... there is non-distraction...etc... these states are wholesome. 359. Which states are wholesome? At the time when one develops supramundane jhāna, leading to liberation, leading to the decrease (of defilements), for the abandoning of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage, with the fading away of initial and sustained application...etc... the second jhāna...etc... the third jhāna...etc... the fourth jhāna...etc... the first jhāna...etc... enters and dwells in the fifth jhāna, with painful practice and slow direct knowledge, with desire as a governing principle...etc... with energy as a governing principle...etc... with consciousness as a governing principle...etc... with investigation as a governing principle. At that time there is contact...etc... there is non-distraction...etc... these states are wholesome. 360. Which states are wholesome? At the time when one develops the supramundane path...etc... develops supramundane foundations of mindfulness...etc... develops supramundane right exertions...etc... develops supramundane bases of psychic power...etc... develops supramundane faculties...etc... develops supramundane powers...etc... develops supramundane factors of enlightenment...etc... develops supramundane truths...etc... develops supramundane tranquility...etc... develops supramundane states...etc... develops supramundane kh... Develops blindness...etc... develops supramundane sense-base...etc... develops supramundane element...etc... develops supramundane nutriment...etc... develops supramundane contact...etc... develops supramundane feeling...etc... develops supramundane perception...etc... develops supramundane volition...etc... develops supramundane consciousness, leading to liberation, leading to the decrease (of defilements), for the abandoning of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage, having quite secluded from sensual pleasures...etc... abides having attained the first jhana, with painful practice, with slow direct knowledge, with desire as dominance...etc... with effort as dominance...etc... with consciousness as dominance...etc... with investigation as dominance. At that time there is contact...etc... there is non-distraction...etc... these states are wholesome. Dominance. The first path. 361. Which states are wholesome? At the time when one develops supramundane jhana, leading to liberation,