| Academic | Sutta Name | Notes | PSA Plae | Vagga | Nikaya | PTS | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AN.IV.41 | Samaadhi Sutta | Samaadhibhaavanaa Sutta | Four objectives of meditation and the methods by which they can be achieved are enumerated as follows: 1. Meditation for happiness in the present life -- secured by attainment of the four absorptions [jhaana]; 2. Meditation for seeing and knowing -- secured by cultivating consciousnes of light by night and by day; 3. Meditation for mindfulness and self-awareness -- secured by cultivating awareness of the working of the Five Aggregates, and; 4. Meditation for an end of defilements -- secured by cultivating awareness of the arising - working - passing away of the Five Aggregates in the mind. | 35/155 | Catukanipaata Pa.thama Pa.n.naasaka | A"nguttara | A.ii. |