The Buddha teaches four meditators—skilled in immersion, in entering and territory, in both, or in neither—and declares the one skilled in both immersion and entering and territory to be foremost, best, and finest, like cream of ghee among dairy products.
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
“Cattārome, bhikkhave, jhāyī. Katame cattāro?
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo hoti, na samādhismiṁ gocarakusalo. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ gocarakusalo hoti, na samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī neva samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo hoti, na ca samādhismiṁ gocarakusalo. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo ca hoti, samādhismiṁ gocarakusalo ca. Tatra …pe… pavaro cā”ti.
Pannarasamaṁ.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
“Cattārome, bhikkhave, jhāyī.
“Mendicants, there are these four meditators.
Katame cattāro?
What four?
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo hoti, na samādhismiṁ gocarakusalo.
One meditator is skilled in entering immersion but not in the territory of immersion. …”
Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ gocarakusalo hoti, na samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo.
Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī neva samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo hoti, na ca samādhismiṁ gocarakusalo.
Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo ca hoti, samādhismiṁ gocarakusalo ca.
Tatra …pe…
pavaro cā”ti.
Pannarasamaṁ.
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Last updated on July 27, 2026