…munificence and wisdom….

…to the plane of second jhāna.

Beings are born there who have absorbed the idea of boundless brilliancy, MN.iii.147 or who are possessed of…

…that he cannot enter into jhāna because of his difficulty in breathing and that he cannot win balance of mind. The Buddha encourages him and…

…the city, developing jhāna in order to see Brahmā face to face. At the end of the four months, Brahmā Sanaṅkumāra appeared before him…

…stress on the cultivation of Jhāna. SN.i.46

Kassapa⁴

One of the famous sages of yore, of whom ten are several times mentioned in the…

…his power of attaining the jhānas and abiding therein. SN.ii.210ff.

Kassapa was willing to help monks along their way, and several instances…

…preached by him on the jhānas, on qualities which lead to true emancipation, AN.v.155ff. and of visits paid to him by Sakka in company…

…be foremost among nuns in jhāna. She is evidently to be identified with Sundarīnandā.

Nandā³

A nun mentioned as having died at…

…knowledge of the four jhānas, Nāṭaputta is represented as condemning him for a deceitful man. Citta, thereupon, asks him ten questions…

…They belong to the plane of the third jhāna.

A class of devas belonging to the Subha Devas. MN.iii.102 Beings are born among them after attaining the third jhāna.

…devas included among the Ābhā gods. MN.iii.102

They belong to the plane of the second jhāna. Beings are born there by virtue of absorbing…

…the man who understands jhāna finds room even among crowding obstacles. The Buddha corrects him, saying that those who are mindful and self…

…of the monks who practised jhāna.AN.i.24 Ud.v.9 Thag.3 Before he became an arahant he was greatly troubled in mind as to what was permissible…

A class of devas. Beings are born in their world when they have practiced jhāna with tarnished brilliance. MN.iii.147

…of developing the third jhāna, and their life span is four kappas. AN.ii.127 AN.ii.129

They are filled and pervaded with happiness and are…

…and then attained the first jhāna. When her parents entered her room with Anikadatta, she converted them all, and obtained permission to join the…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of one who understands the mind, practicing jhāna happily. Thag.85

…and the destruction of ignorance. Because Udaya had already attained to the fourth jhāna, the Buddha gave his explanation in the terms of…

The name given to a group of devas who once visited the Buddha at Jetavana late at night. They charged the Buddha with inconsistency, but later, begging his forgiveness, they were pardoned by him. SN.i.23–25

…best of women disciples in jhāna. She is again mentioned AN.iv.347 in a list of eminent lay-women disciples, who observed the uposatha of the…

…of desire by means of jhāna, suggests that it would be a task without end. But Ānanda, by means of an illustration, explains how the task…

The name of a country and of its people. It was one of the sixteen Great Nations. The inhabitants appear to have consisted of several confederate clans of whom the Licchavī and the Videhā were the chi …

…with the Buddha regarding jhāna. Ānanda, remarks that all jhānas are not equally praiseworthy, and Vassakāra takes his leave.

Three…

…of the Rūpaloka plane. Beings are born there as a result of developing the fourth jhāna. Their life span is five hundred great aeons. AN.ii.128…

…could enter into the four jhānas at will, and had cast off the five lower fetters. The monks expressed their great admiration and Sāriputta…

…is in the plane of second jhāna The devas living there subsist on joy. SN.i.114 Their span of life is two kappas and there is no guarantee that…