Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c17.12

v1.c17.12

(C) Samādhis of four kinds:
4. (a) *dukkhāpaṭipado dandhābhiñño*, *dukkhāpaṭipado khippābhiñño*, *sukhāpaṭipado dandhābhiñño*, and *sukhāpaṭipado khippābhiñño*. [*Paṭipada* is that part of mental exercise which is necessary for collecting one’s thoughts and reaching the *upacāra* stage, and *abhiññā* refers to the next course of exercises which lead to *appanā* (i.e. fixing mind upon one point). *Dukkhā* here means ‘with difficulty’ as opposed to *sukhā* ‘with ease’; similarly *dandhā* means ‘slow’ as opposed to *khippā* ‘quick’.]
(b) *paritto parittārammaṇo* (not of a high order with limited basis of meditation), *paritto appamāṇārammaṇo* (not of a high order but with unlimited basis of meditation), *appamāṇo parittārammaṇo* (unlimited but with a limited basis of meditation), *appamāṇo appamāṇārammaṇo* (unlimited with unlimited basis of meditation);
(c) *vitakka* (discursive thoughts), *vicāra* (discriminatory thoughts), *pīti* (joy), and *sukha* (happy state of mind)—four combinations of any two or more of these;