Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c35.s3.t5.88

v2.c35.s3.t5.88

The seventh opinion has not been taken up for discussion in the *Kvu*. The *Kośa* (VIII. 6) tells us that there are eight fundamental dhyānas (*maulasamāpattidravyāṇi*), i.e., four dhyānas and four *ārūpyas* (higher dhyānas). The contention of the S. is that all arhats complete the four dhyānas but all do not necessarily attain the fruits of the four dhyānas,³ which are detailed in the *Kośa* (VIII. 27-28), thus: by the first dhyāna, one obtains *dṛṣṭa-dharma-sukhavihāra*,⁴ by the second *jñāna-darśana*, (or *divya-cakṣurabhijñā*);⁵ by the third *prajñā-prabheda*,⁶ and by the fourth *anāsravatā*.⁷