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