Guest guest Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Friends: What is the Mental State in which all Sadness and Frustration End? Where does all mental melancholy and depression cease without a trace remaining ?When, with the fading away & stilling of all directed thought & any sustained thinking,one enters and remains in the second jhāna absorption of assured unification of mind,merged with pleasure and joy, born of & in this anchored & fixed concentration: It is right there, that all mental frustration and sadness cease without a trace remaining...Therefore do beings reborn at the radiant divinity level, never feel any mental sorrow,misery or sadness, since they are continously absorped in this 2nd jhāna concentration...Thus they move their body of beaming light joyously around at the speed of a thought!!! Source:The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book V 213-4The Abilities section 48. Thread on The Irregular Order: Uppatika 40 http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html PS: Please include the word Samahita in any comment, since then will my automatic mail filters pick it up and I will see it & respond!! Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka. Friendship is the Greatest ... Let there be Calm & Free Bliss !!! http://What-Buddha-Said.net Buddha-Direct What_Buddha_Said Dhamma-Questions sent to my email are quite Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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