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4th Jhฤna
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sukhassa ca pahฤnฤ
With the abandoning of [physical] pleasure
dukkhassa ca pahฤnฤ
and pain,
pubbeva so-manassa-do-manassฤnaแนƒ atthaแน…gamฤ
with the previous abandoning of elated and distressed mental states,
A-dukkham-a-sukhaแนƒ
experiencing [physical] sensations of neither pain nor pleasure,
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜ Upekkhฤ-sati-pฤrisuddhiแนƒ
his equanimous observation and his remembering [and application of relevant โ˜ธDharma] is purified.
๐ŸŒ• catutthaแนƒ jhฤnaแนƒ upasampajja viharati
he attains and lives in fourth jhฤna.

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TOC for details on fourth Jhฤna in book Goldcraft

โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ Goldcraft 4.3.4 j4๐ŸŒ• Fourth Jhฤna
โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ Goldcraft 4.3.4.1 SN 48.37 informs whether sensation is physical or mental
โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ Goldcraft 4.3.4.2 sukhassa ca pahฤnฤ = abandoning pleasure
โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ Goldcraft 4.3.4.3 dukkhassa ca pahฤnฤ = abandoning pain
โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ Goldcraft 4.3.4.4 pubbeva so-manassa-do-manassฤnaแนƒ atthaแน…gamฤ = previous abandoning of elated and distress...
โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ Goldcraft 4.3.4.5 A-dukkham-a-sukhaแนƒ = neither pain nor pleasure
โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ Goldcraft 4.3.4.6 ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜ Upekkhฤ-sati-pฤrisuddhiแนƒ = equanimous observation and remembering purified
โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ Goldcraft 4.3.4.7 catutthaแนƒ jhฤnaแนƒ upasampajja viharati = lives in fourth jhฤna
โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ Goldcraft 4.3.4.22 fourth jhฤna misc.
โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ Goldcraft 4.3.4.22.1 breathing stops in 4th jhฤna
โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ โ€ƒ Goldcraft 4.3.4.22.3 4th jhฤna is prerequisite for arahant?

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Essence of j4๐ŸŒ• fourth Jhฤna

* work on imperturbability (aneรฑja), as exemplified in MN 125 with the war elephant in battle doing his job fearlessly despite being assaulted on all fronts.
* the quintessential quality of sammฤ samฤdhi, righteous undistractible lucidity, is khanti, patient-endurance: The ability to bear the onslaught of dukkha arising at all six doors of the senses.
* You can see how upekkha, equanimous-observation, becomes purified in fourth jhฤna, with patient-endurance and imperturbability coming into prominence.