sn53.1-12:2.1 The Ganges River slants, slopes, and inclines to the east.
BAGIAN 2
sn53.1-12:2.2 In the same way, a mendicant who develops and cultivates the four absorptions slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.
sn53.1-12:2.3 And how does a mendicant who develops and cultivates the four absorptions slant, slope, and incline to extinguishment?
sn53.1-12:2.4 It’s when a mendicant, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, enters and remains in the first absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of seclusion, while placing the mind and keeping it connected.
sn53.1-12:2.5 As the placing of the mind and keeping it connected are stilled, they enter and remain in the second absorption …
sn53.1-12:2.6 third absorption …
sn53.1-12:2.7 fourth absorption.
sn53.1-12:2.8 That’s how a mendicant who develops and cultivates the four absorptions slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.”