an9.41:8.1 Then I thought,
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an9.41:8.2 ‘Why don’t I, as the placing of the mind and keeping it connected are stilled … enter and remain in the second absorption?’
an9.41:8.3 But my mind did not leap forth, gain confidence, settle down, and become decided in not placing the mind. I didn’t see it as peaceful.
an9.41:8.4 Then I thought,
an9.41:8.5 ‘What is the cause, what is the reason why my mind does not leap forth, gain confidence, settle down, and become decided in not placing the mind? Why don’t I see it as peaceful?’
an9.41:8.6 Then I thought,
an9.41:8.7 ‘I haven’t seen the drawbacks of placing the mind, and so I haven’t cultivated that. I haven’t realized the benefits of not placing the mind, and so I haven’t developed that.
an9.41:8.8 That’s why my mind does not leap forth, gain confidence, settle down, and become decided in not placing the mind. And it’s why I don’t see it as peaceful.’
an9.41:8.9 Then I thought,
an9.41:8.10 ‘Suppose that, seeing the drawbacks of placing the mind, I were to cultivate that. And suppose that, realizing the benefits of not placing the mind, I were to develop that. It’s possible that my mind would leap forth, gain confidence, settle down, and become decided in not placing the mind. And I would see it as peaceful.’
an9.41:8.11 And so, after some time, I saw the drawbacks of placing the mind and cultivated that, and I realized the benefits of not placing the mind and developed that.
an9.41:8.12 Then my mind did leap forth, gain confidence, settle down, and become decided in not placing the mind. I saw it as peaceful.
an9.41:8.13 And so, as the placing of the mind and keeping it connected were stilled … I entered and remained in the second absorption.
an9.41:8.14 While I was in that meditation, perception and focus accompanied by placing the mind beset me, and that was an affliction for me.
an9.41:8.15 Suppose a happy person were to experience pain; that would be an affliction for them.
an9.41:8.16 In the same way, when perception and focus accompanied by placing the mind and keeping it connected beset me, that was an affliction for me.