The Buddha teaches four meditators—skilled in immersion, in entering and carefulness, in both, or in neither—and declares the one skilled in both immersion and entering and carefulness 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 sakkaccakārī. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ sakkaccakārī hoti, na samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī neva samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo hoti, na ca samādhismiṁ sakkaccakārī. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo ca hoti, samādhismiṁ sakkaccakārī ca. Tatra …pe… pavaro cā”ti.
Sattarasamaṁ.
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 sakkaccakārī.
One meditator is skilled in entering immersion but not in practicing carefully for it. …”
Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ sakkaccakārī hoti, na samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo.
Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī neva samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo hoti, na ca samādhismiṁ sakkaccakārī.
Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco jhāyī samādhismiṁ samāpattikusalo ca hoti, samādhismiṁ sakkaccakārī ca.
Tatra …pe…
pavaro cā”ti.
Sattarasamaṁ.
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Last updated on July 27, 2026