4 Jhanas vs 4 Formless States
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Jhānas: any of J1 - J4
Formless States (aka Immaterial States)
("first absorption" or "second absorption" or "third absorption" or "fourth absorption")
("formless states" or "dimension of infinite space" or "dimension of infinite consciousness" or
160 Sutta Links
"dimension of nothingness" or "dimension of neither perception nor non-perception")
106 Suttas
DN 1 The Divine Net Brahmajālasutta
DN 1 The Divine Net Brahmajālasutta
DN 2 The Fruits of the Ascetic Life Sāmaññaphalasutta
DN 3 With Ambaṭṭha Ambaṭṭhasutta
DN 4 With Soṇadaṇḍa Soṇadaṇḍasutta
DN 5 With Kūṭadanta Kūṭadantasutta
DN 6 With Mahāli Mahālisutta
DN 7 With Jāliya Jāliyasutta
DN 8 The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa Mahāsīhanādasutta
DN 9 With Poṭṭhapāda Poṭṭhapādasutta
DN 9 With Poṭṭhapāda Poṭṭhapādasutta
DN 10 With Subha Subhasutta
DN 11 With Kevaḍḍha Kevaṭṭasutta
DN 12 With Lohicca Lohiccasutta
DN 15 The Great Discourse on Causation Mahānidānasutta
DN 15 The Great Discourse on Causation Mahānidānasutta
DN 16 The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment Mahāparinibbānasutta
DN 16 The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment Mahāparinibbānasutta
DN 17 King Mahāsudassana Mahāsudassanasutta
DN 22 The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation Mahāsatipaṭṭhānasutta
DN 26 The Wheel-Turning Monarch Cakkavattisutta
DN 29 An Impressive Discourse Pāsādikasutta
DN 33 Reciting in Concert Saṅgītisutta
DN 33 Reciting in Concert Saṅgītisutta
DN 34 Up to Ten Dasuttarasutta
DN 34 Up to Ten Dasuttarasutta
MN 4 Fear and Dread Bhayabheravasutta
MN 1 The Root of All Things Mūlapariyāyasutta
MN 8 Self-Effacement Sallekhasutta
MN 8 Self-Effacement Sallekhasutta
MN 13 The Longer Discourse on the Mass of Suffering Mahādukkhakkhandhasutta
MN 19 Two Kinds of Thought Dvedhāvitakkasutta
MN 25 Sowing Nivāpasutta
MN 25 Sowing Nivāpasutta
MN 26 The Noble Quest Pāsarāsisutta
MN 26 The Noble Quest Pāsarāsisutta
MN 27 The Shorter Simile of the Elephant’s Footprint Cūḷahatthipadopamasutta
MN 30 The Shorter Simile of the Heartwood Cūḷasāropamasutta
MN 30 The Shorter Simile of the Heartwood Cūḷasāropamasutta
MN 31 The Shorter Discourse at Gosiṅga Cūḷagosiṅgasutta
MN 31 The Shorter Discourse at Gosiṅga Cūḷagosiṅgasutta
MN 36 The Longer Discourse With Saccaka Mahāsaccakasutta
MN 36 The Longer Discourse With Saccaka Mahāsaccakasutta
MN 38 The Longer Discourse on the Ending of Craving Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhayasutta
MN 41 The People of Sālā Sāleyyakasutta
MN 39 The Longer Discourse at Assapura Mahāassapurasutta
MN 43 The Great Elaboration Mahāvedallasutta
MN 43 The Great Elaboration Mahāvedallasutta
MN 44 The Shorter Elaboration Cūḷavedallasutta
MN 45 The Shorter Discourse on Taking Up Practices Cūḷadhammasamādānasutta
MN 51 With Kandaraka Kandarakasutta
MN 52 The Wealthy Citizen Aṭṭhakanāgarasutta
MN 52 The Wealthy Citizen Aṭṭhakanāgarasutta
MN 53 A Trainee Sekhasutta
MN 59 The Many Kinds of Feeling Bahuvedanīyasutta
MN 59 The Many Kinds of Feeling Bahuvedanīyasutta
MN 60 Unfailing Apaṇṇakasutta
MN 60 Unfailing Apaṇṇakasutta
MN 64 The Longer Discourse With Māluṅkya Mahāmālukyasutta
MN 64 The Longer Discourse With Māluṅkya Mahāmālukyasutta
MN 65 With Bhaddāli Bhaddālisutta
MN 66 The Simile of the Quail Laṭukikopamasutta
MN 66 The Simile of the Quail Laṭukikopamasutta
MN 76 With Sandaka Sandakasutta
MN 77 The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī Mahāsakuludāyisutta
MN 77 The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī Mahāsakuludāyisutta
MN 78 With Uggāhamāna Samaṇamaṇḍikāputta Samaṇamuṇḍikasutta
MN 79 The Shorter Discourse With Sakuludāyī Cūḷasakuludāyisutta
MN 85 With Prince Bodhi Bodhirājakumārasutta
MN 85 With Prince Bodhi Bodhirājakumārasutta
MN 94 With Ghoṭamukha Ghoṭamukhasutta
MN 99 With Subha Subhasutta
MN 100 With Saṅgārava Saṅgāravasutta
MN 100 With Saṅgārava Saṅgāravasutta
MN 101 At Devadaha Devadahasutta
MN 102 The Five and Three Pañcattayasutta
MN 107 With Moggallāna the Accountant Gaṇakamoggallānasutta
MN 105 With Sunakkhatta Sunakkhattasutta
MN 108 With Moggallāna the Guardian Gopakamoggallānasutta
MN 106 Conducive to the Imperturbable Āneñjasappāyasutta
MN 111 One by One Anupadasutta
MN 111 One by One Anupadasutta
MN 112 The Sixfold Purification Chabbisodhanasutta
MN 113 A True Person Sappurisasutta
MN 113 A True Person Sappurisasutta
MN 119 Mindfulness of the Body Kāyagatāsatisutta
MN 120 Rebirth by Choice Saṅkhārupapattisutta
MN 122 The Longer Discourse on Emptiness Mahāsuññatasutta
MN 121 The Shorter Discourse on Emptiness Cūḷasuññatasutta
MN 125 The Level of the Tamed Dantabhūmisutta
MN 137 The Analysis of the Six Sense Fields Saḷāyatanavibhaṅgasutta
MN 138 The Analysis of a Recitation Passage Uddesavibhaṅgasutta
MN 140 The Analysis of the Elements Dhātuvibhaṅgasutta
MN 139 The Analysis of Non-Conflict Araṇavibhaṅgasutta
MN 143 Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika Anāthapiṇḍikovādasutta
MN 141 The Analysis of the Truths Saccavibhaṅgasutta
SN 6.15 Final Extinguishment Parinibbānasutta
SN 6.15 Final Extinguishment Parinibbānasutta
SN 14.11 Seven Elements Sattadhātusutta
SN 16.9 Absorptions and Insights Jhānābhiññasutta
SN 16.9 Absorptions and Insights Jhānābhiññasutta
SN 16.10 The Nuns’ Quarters Upassayasutta
SN 28.5 The Dimension of Infinite Space Ākāsānañcāyatanasutta
SN 16.11 Robes Cīvarasutta
SN 28.6 The Dimension of Infinite Consciousness Viññāṇañcāyatanasutta
SN 21.1 With Kolita Kolitasutta
SN 28.7 The Dimension of Nothingness Ākiñcaññāyatanasutta
SN 28.1 Born of Seclusion Vivekajasutta
SN 28.8 The Dimension of Neither Perception Nor Non-Perception Nevasaññānāsaññāyatanasutta
SN 28.2 Without Placing the Mind Avitakkasutta
SN 28.9 The Attainment of Cessation Nirodhasamāpattisutta
SN 28.3 Rapture Pītisutta
SN 28.4 Equanimity Upekkhāsutta
SN 36.11 In Private Rahogatasutta
SN 36.11 In Private Rahogatasutta
SN 36.15 With Ānanda (1st) Paṭhamaānandasutta
SN 36.15 With Ānanda (1st) Paṭhamaānandasutta
SN 36.19 With Pañcakaṅga Pañcakaṅgasutta
SN 36.19 With Pañcakaṅga Pañcakaṅgasutta
SN 36.31 Not of the Flesh Nirāmisasutta
SN 40.5 A Question About the Dimension of Infinite Space Ākāsānañcāyatanapañhāsutta
SN 40.1 A Question About the First Absorption Paṭhamajhānapañhāsutta
SN 40.6 A Question About the Dimension of Infinite Consciousness Viññāṇañcāyatanapañhāsutta
SN 40.2 A Question About the Second Absorption Dutiyajhānapañhāsutta
SN 40.7 A Question About the Dimension of Nothingness Ākiñcaññāyatanapañhāsutta
SN 40.3 A Question About the Third Absorption Tatiyajhānapañhāsutta
SN 40.8 A Question About the Dimension of Neither Perception Nor Non Perception
SN 40.4 A Question About the Fourth Absorption Catutthajhānapañhāsutta
SN 41.7 With Godatta Godattasutta
SN 41.8 The Jain Ascetic of the Ñātika Clan Nigaṇṭhanāṭaputtasutta
SN 46.54 Full of Love Mettāsahagatasutta
SN 41.9 With Kassapa, the Naked Ascetic Acelakassapasutta
SN 45.8 Analysis Vibhaṅgasutta
SN 48.10 Analysis (2nd) Dutiyavibhaṅgasutta
SN 48.40 Irregular Order Uppaṭipāṭikasutta
SN 48.40 Irregular Order Uppaṭipāṭikasutta
SN 53.1-12 Absorptions, Etc. Gaṅgāpeyyālavagga
SN 53.45-54 Floods, etc. Oghavagga
SN 54.8 The Simile of the Lamp Padīpopamasutta
SN 54.8 The Simile of the Lamp Padīpopamasutta
AN 1.394 “If, mendicants, a mendicant develops the first absorption,
AN 1.447-454 Having physical form, they see forms … not perceiving
AN 1.395-401 “If, mendicants, a mendicant develops the second … third … o
AN 3.116 Imperturbable Āneñjasutta
AN 1.495-574 They develop the faculty of faith together with the first ab
AN 4.171 Intention Cetanāsutta
AN 2.13 “There are, mendicants, these two powers. What two? The powe
AN 3.58 With Tikaṇṇa Tikaṇṇasutta
AN 3.59 With Jānussoṇi Jāṇussoṇisutta
AN 3.63 At Venāgapura Venāgapurasutta
AN 3.73 With Mahānāma the Sakyan Mahānāmasakkasutta
AN 3.74 Jains Nigaṇṭhasutta
AN 3.89 Three Trainings (1st) Paṭhamasikkhattayasutta
AN 3.90 Three Trainings (2nd) Dutiyasikkhattayasutta
AN 3.94 Springtime Saradasutta
AN 4.38 Withdrawn Patilīnasutta
AN 4.41 Ways of Developing Immersion Further Samādhibhāvanāsutta
AN 4.123 Difference (1st) Paṭhamanānākaraṇasutta
AN 4.124 Difference (2nd) Dutiyanānākaraṇasutta
AN 4.163 Ugly Asubhasutta
AN 4.169 Extra Effort Sasaṅkhārasutta
AN 4.190 Sabbath Uposathasutta
AN 4.190 Sabbath Uposathasutta
AN 4.194 At Sāpūga Sāmugiyasutta
AN 5.170 With Bhaddaji Bhaddajisutta
AN 4.198 Fervent Mortification of Oneself Attantapasutta
AN 4.200 Love and Hate Pemasutta
AN 4.246 Lying Postures Seyyāsutta
AN 5.14 In Detail Vitthatasutta
AN 5.28 With Five Factors Pañcaṅgikasutta
AN 5.75 Warriors (1st) Paṭhamayodhājīvasutta
AN 5.76 Warriors (2nd) Dutiyayodhājīvasutta
AN 5.94 Living Comfortably Phāsuvihārasutta
AN 5.192 With the Brahmin Doṇa Doṇabrāhmaṇasutta
AN 5.256 The First Absorption Paṭhamajhānasutta
AN 5.257-263 The Second Absorption, Etc. Dutiyajhānasuttādisattaka
AN 5.264 Another Discourse on the First Absorption Aparapaṭhamajhānasutta
AN 5.265-271 Another Discourse on the Second Absorption, Etc. Aparadutiyajhānasuttādi
AN 6.29 With Udāyī Udāyīsutta
AN 6.60 With Hatthisāriputta Hatthisāriputtasutta
AN 6.73 First Absorption (1st) Paṭhamatajjhānasutta
AN 6.74 First Absorption (2nd) Dutiyatajjhānasutta
AN 7.4 Powers in Detail Vitthatabalasutta
AN 7.44 Planes of Consciousness Sattaviññāṇaṭṭhitisutta
AN 7.44 Planes of Consciousness Sattaviññāṇaṭṭhitisutta
AN 7.53 Nanda’s Mother Nandamātāsutta
AN 8.66 Liberations Vimokkhasutta
AN 7.67 The Simile of the Citadel Nagaropamasutta
AN 8.120 Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd) ~
AN 7.69 The Shady Orchid Tree Pāricchattakasutta
AN 8.11 At Verañjā Verañjasutta
AN 8.30 Anuruddha and the Great Thoughts Anuruddhamahāvitakkasutta
AN 9.24 Abodes of Sentient Beings Sattāvāsasutta
AN 9.24 Abodes of Sentient Beings Sattāvāsasutta
AN 9.31 Progressive Cessations Anupubbanirodhasutta
AN 9.31 Progressive Cessations Anupubbanirodhasutta
AN 9.32 Progressive Meditations Anupubbavihārasutta
AN 9.32 Progressive Meditations Anupubbavihārasutta
AN 9.33 The Nine Progressive Meditative Attainments Anupubbavihārasamāpattisutta
AN 9.33 The Nine Progressive Meditative Attainments Anupubbavihārasamāpattisutta
AN 9.34 Extinguishment is Bliss Nibbānasukhasutta
AN 9.34 Extinguishment is Bliss Nibbānasukhasutta
AN 9.35 The Simile of the Cow Gāvīupamāsutta
AN 9.35 The Simile of the Cow Gāvīupamāsutta
AN 9.36 Depending on Absorption Jhānasutta
AN 9.36 Depending on Absorption Jhānasutta
AN 9.37 By Ānanda Ānandasutta
AN 9.38 Brahmin Cosmologists Lokāyatikasutta
AN 9.38 Brahmin Cosmologists Lokāyatikasutta
AN 9.39 The War Between the Gods and the Titans Devāsurasaṅgāmasutta
AN 9.39 The War Between the Gods and the Titans Devāsurasaṅgāmasutta
AN 9.40 The Simile of the Bull Elephant in the Forest Nāgasutta
AN 9.40 The Simile of the Bull Elephant in the Forest Nāgasutta
AN 9.41 With the Householder Tapussa Tapussasutta
AN 9.41 With the Householder Tapussa Tapussasutta
AN 9.42 Cramped Sambādhasutta
AN 9.42 Cramped Sambādhasutta
AN 9.43 A Direct Witness Kāyasakkhīsutta
AN 9.43 A Direct Witness Kāyasakkhīsutta
AN 9.44 Freed by Wisdom Paññāvimuttasutta
AN 9.44 Freed by Wisdom Paññāvimuttasutta
AN 9.45 Freed Both Ways Ubhatobhāgavimuttasutta
AN 9.45 Freed Both Ways Ubhatobhāgavimuttasutta
AN 9.46 In This Very Life Sandiṭṭhikadhammasutta
AN 9.46 In This Very Life Sandiṭṭhikadhammasutta
AN 9.47 Extinguishment Is Apparent in This Very Life Sandiṭṭhikanibbānasutta
AN 9.47 Extinguishment Is Apparent in This Very Life Sandiṭṭhikanibbānasutta
AN 9.51 Extinguishment in the Present Life Diṭṭhadhammanibbānasutta
AN 9.51 Extinguishment in the Present Life Diṭṭhadhammanibbānasutta
AN 9.52 A Safe Place Khemasutta
AN 9.52 A Safe Place Khemasutta
AN 9.61 Progressive Cessation Anupubbanirodhasutta
AN 9.61 Progressive Cessation Anupubbanirodhasutta
AN 9.94 Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd) ~
AN 9.94 Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd) ~
AN 10.20 Abodes of the Noble Ones (2nd) Dutiyaariyāvāsasutta
AN 10.6 Immersion Samādhisutta
AN 10.72 Thorns Kaṇṭakasutta
AN 10.7 Sāriputta Sāriputtasutta
AN 10.85 A Boaster Katthīsutta
AN 10.29 Kosala (1st) Paṭhamakosalasutta
AN 10.99 With Upāli Upālisutta
AN 10.99 With Upāli Upālisutta
AN 11.7 Percipient Saññāsutta
AN 11.8 Focus Manasikārasutta
AN 11.9 With Sandha Saddhasutta
AN 11.16 The Wealthy Citizen Aṭṭhakanāgarasutta
AN 11.16 The Wealthy Citizen Aṭṭhakanāgarasutta
AN 11.982 Untitled Discourse on Greed ~
AN 11.18 Immersion (1st) Paṭhamasamādhisutta
Thig 16.1 Sumedhā Sumedhātherīgāthā
AN 11.19 Immersion (2nd) Dutiyasamādhisutta
AN 11.20 Immersion (3rd) Tatiyasamādhisutta
AN 11.21 Immersion (4th) Catutthasamādhisutta
Ud 8.1 About Extinguishment (1st) Paṭhamanibbānapaṭisaṁyuttasutta
Iti 73 More Peaceful Santatarasutta
Snp 3.12 3.12 Contemplating Pairs Dvayatānupassanāsutta
Snp 5.15 The Question of Posāla Posālamāṇavapucchā
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