dn2:98.1 Suppose that in a mountain glen there was a lake that was transparent, clear, and unclouded. A person with clear eyes standing on the bank would see the clams and mussels, pebbles and gravel, and schools of fish swimming about or staying still. They’d think: ‘This lake is transparent, clear, and unclouded. And here are the clams and mussels, pebbles and gravel, and schools of fish swimming about or staying still.’
dn2:98.2 In the same way, when their mind has become immersed in samādhi like this—purified, bright, flawless, rid of corruptions, pliable, workable, steady, and imperturbable—they project it and extend it toward knowledge of the ending of defilements.
dn2:98.8 This too, Great King, is a fruit of the ascetic life that’s apparent in the present life which is better and finer than the former ones.
dn2:98.9 And, Great King, there is no other fruit of the ascetic life apparent in the present life which is better and finer than this.”



