Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c19.156

c19.156

¹¹⁶ The Sāmaññaphala° the contents of which are repeated more than once; Gaṇakamoggallāna° (MN); Gopakamoggallāna° (Ib.) where Ānanda explaining the Dhamma to a Brāhmaṇa enquirer shortly after Buddha’s death says that the Master did not admire all Jhāna but only some. He condemned a man who overcome with the Nīvaraṇas engaged in brooding “jhāyati pajjhāyati nijjhāyati apajjhāyati” (cf. the Aṭṭa and Rudda Jhānas mentioned in the Tattvārthādhigama). ‘ But Buddha admired the Four Jhānas; the Aṭṭhaṅgiko Maggo itself culminates in Samādhi which is equated to the four Jhānas (SN. V. p. 10; MN. III. 252); Sn. pp. 20, 22, 43; Dhp. vv. 23–27; On the frequency with which Jhāna is mentioned in the Sutta piṭaka see Sakya p. 171 where statistics are given; on the comparative silence of Vin. (Lco. cit.) see below. Sometimes the eightfold path is represented as Samādhi together with seven “Parikkhāras” (AN. IV. 40). Cf. La Vallée Poussin—Opinions. Avant propos VIII.