STED 4j🌕: 4 jhānas

1 – 4 jhānas abbreviated

🚫💑 vivicc’eva kāmehi …	Judiciously-secluded from sensuality and wrong Dharmas, …
🌘 paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati. …	he attains and lives in first jhāna (j1🌘). …
🌗 dutiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati. …	he attains and lives in second jhāna (j2🌗). …
🌖 tatiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati. …	he attains and lives in third jhāna (j3🌖). …
👁🐘 Upekkhā-sati-pārisuddhiṃ	his equanimous observation and his remembering [and application of relevant ☸Dharma] is purified.
🌕 catutthaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati	he attains and lives in fourth jhāna (j4🌕).

2 – 4j🌕 in full

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j1🌘 First Jhāna

🚫💑 vivicc’eva kāmehi	Judiciously-secluded from desire for five cords of sensual pleasures,
🚫😠 vivicca a-kusalehi dhammehi	Judiciously-secluded from unskillful ☸Dharmas,
(V&V💭) sa-vitakkaṃ sa-vicāraṃ	with directed-thought and evaluation [of those verbal ☸Dharma thoughts],
😁🙂 viveka-jaṃ pīti-sukhaṃ	with [mental] rapture and [physical] pleasure born from judicious-seclusion,
🌘 paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati.	he attains and lives in first jhāna.

j2🌗 Second Jhāna

Vitakka-vicārānaṃ vūpasamā	with the subsiding of directed-thought and evaluation [of those verbal ☸Dharma thoughts],
ajjhattaṃ sam-pasādanaṃ	with internal purity and self-confidence,
🌄 cetaso ekodi-bhāvaṃ	his mind becomes singular in focus.
🚫(V&V💭) a-vitakkaṃ a-vicāraṃ	Without directed-thought and evaluation, [mental processing is now subverbal,]
🌄😁🙂 samādhi-jaṃ pīti-sukhaṃ	[mental] rapture and [physical] pleasure is born from undistractible-lucidity,
🌗 dutiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati.	he attains and lives in second jhāna.

j3🌖 Third Jhāna

🚫😁 pītiyā ca virāgā	With [mental] rapture fading,
👁 upekkhako ca viharati	he lives equanimously observing [☸Dharmas with subverbal mental processing].
(S&S🐘💭) sato ca sam-pajāno,	remembering [and applying relevant ☸Dharma], he lucidly discerns.
🙂🚶 sukhañca kāyena paṭi-saṃ-vedeti,	He experiences pleasure with the [physical] body.
yaṃ taṃ ariyā ācikkhanti —	The Noble Ones praise this [stage of jhāna in particular because they expect this to be the normal state of the average monk in all postures at all times]:
‘upekkhako satimā sukha-vihārī’ti	"He lives happily with pleasure, Equanimously observing and remembering [to engage in relevant ☸Dharma]."
🌖 tatiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati.	he attains and lives in third jhāna.

j4🌕 Fourth Jhāna

sukhassa ca pahānā	With the abandoning of [physical] pleasure
dukkhassa ca pahānā	and pain,
pubbeva so-manassa-do-manassānaṃ atthaṅgamā	with the previous abandoning of elated and distressed mental states,
A-dukkham-a-sukhaṃ	experiencing [physical] sensations of neither pain nor pleasure,
👁🐘 Upekkhā-sati-pārisuddhiṃ	his equanimous observation and his remembering [and application of relevant ☸Dharma] is purified.
🌕 catutthaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati	he attains and lives in fourth jhāna.

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3 – STED 4 jhānas 🌕

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STED 4j🌕 = 4 jhānas 🌕
j1🌘 = paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ = First Jhāna
j2🌗 = dutiyaṃ jhānaṃ = Second Jhāna
j3🌖 = tatiyaṃ jhānaṃ = Third Jhāna
j4🌕 = catutthaṃ jhānaṃ = Fourth Jhāna

3.1 – features in j1🌘 – j4🌕

4j🌕 = j1🌘 + j2🌗 + j3🌖 + j4🌕
j1🌘: V&V💭 Pīti😁 Sukha🙂
j2🌗: Ekodi-bhava 🌄, ariyo vā tuṇhī-bhāvo = noble silence 👑😶
j3🌖: S&S🐘💭 sati & sam-pajāno, Upekkha (7🛆👁), pleasurable abiding here and now
j4🌕: Upekkha (7🛆👁), aneñja (imperturbability)

4 – equivalent ⊜ factors

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j🌕: 4 jhānas ⊜ equivalent factors

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4 – 4j🌕 = j1🌘 + j2🌗 + j3🌖 + j4🌕 = 5bal👊️ → 4🌄 = 5ind🖐️ → 4🌄 = 7sb☀️ → 6🌄 = 👑8☸ → 8🌄 = samādhi in 3 ways

STED 4j🌕 = 4 jhānas 🌕
j1🌘 = paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ = First Jhāna
j2🌗 = dutiyaṃ jhānaṃ = Second Jhāna
j3🌖 = tatiyaṃ jhānaṃ = Third Jhāna
j4🌕 = catutthaṃ jhānaṃ = Fourth Jhāna
5bal👊️ → 4🌄 = samādhi-bala
5ind🖐️ → 4🌄 = samādhi-indriyam
7sb☀️ → 6🌄 = samādhi-sam-bojjh-aṅga, undistractible-lucidity-awakening-factor
👑8☸ → 8🌄 = sammā-samādhi, right undistractible-lucidity
samādhi in 3 ways = samādhi in 3 ways
3rd jhāna + ASND 🌕🌟‍ = j4🌕 āneñja⚡ imperturbable 4th jhāna = 4ip 🌕⚡ → 6ab ⚡☸

j🌕: 4 jhānas central repository

Most of the information on 4 jhānas will be collected in 👑8☸ → 8🌄 = sammā-samādhi, right undistractible-lucidity. The equivalent 4j factor pages will focus on how they differ from sammā-samādhi

5 – Misc.

all sutta references to the 4 jhānas