lucid24.org home STED j2๐ŸŒ— all โ€ƒโ€ƒ
2nd Jhฤna
STED
Vitakka-vicฤrฤnaแนƒ vลซpasamฤ
with the subsiding of directed-thought and evaluation [of those verbal โ˜ธDharma thoughts],
ajjhattaแนƒ sam-pasฤdanaแนƒ
with internal purity and self-confidence,
๐ŸŒ„ cetaso ekodi-bhฤvaแนƒ
his mind becomes singular in focus.
๐Ÿšซ(V&V๐Ÿ’ญ) a-vitakkaแนƒ a-vicฤraแนƒ
Without directed-thought and evaluation, [mental processing is now subverbal,]
๐ŸŒ„๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ™‚ samฤdhi-jaแนƒ pฤซti-sukhaแนƒ
[mental] rapture and [physical] pleasure is born from undistractible-lucidity,
๐ŸŒ— dutiyaแนƒ jhฤnaแนƒ upasampajja viharati.
he attains and lives in second jhฤna.

+

TOC for details on Second Jhฤna in book Goldcraft

โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ Goldcraft 4.3.2 j2๐ŸŒ— Second Jhฤna
โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ Goldcraft 4.3.2.1 vitakka + vicฤra = directed-thought and evaluation
โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ Goldcraft 4.3.2.2 vลซpasamฤ = subsiding
โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ Goldcraft 4.3.2.3 ajjhattaแนƒ sam-pasฤdanaแนƒ = with internal purity and self-confidence
โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ Goldcraft 4.3.2.4 cetaso ekodi-bhฤvaแนƒ = his mind becomes singular in focus
โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ Goldcraft 4.3.2.6 a-vitakkaแนƒ a-vicฤraแนƒ = without directed-thought and evaluation
โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ Goldcraft 4.3.2.7 samฤdhi-jaแนƒ pฤซti-sukham = [mental] rapture and [physical] pleasure
โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ Goldcraft 4.3.2.8 dutiyaแนƒ jhฤnaแนƒ upasampajja viharati = he attains and lives in second jhฤna
โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ Goldcraft 4.3.2.40 ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ˜ถ Noble Silence, ariyo vฤ tuแน‡hฤซ-bhฤvo
โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ Goldcraft 4.3.2.50 2nd jhฤna misc.

+

Essence of j2๐ŸŒ— Second Jhฤna

* Compared to first jhฤna, which still involves linguistic verbal mental talk of V&V๐Ÿ’ญ,
* in second jhฤna that V&V is sublimated into the subverbal mental processing of S&S๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’ญ.
* That subverbal S&S can either passively enjoy this pleasant abiding, or engage in subverbal Dharma investigation, for example seeing dukkha, seeing cause of dukkha, etc.
* As MN 20 says, starting with second jhฤna, one starts to become a master of thinking what one wants to think, and not thinking what one doesn't want to think. In contrast, the first jhฤna accomplishment was that one hasn't learned the art of ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ˜ถ noble silence yet, but one at least prefers thinking skillful Dharma related thoughts over unskillful worldly Dharmas.