https://suttacentral.net/dn7/en/sujato wrote:They enter and remain in the first absorption …
Paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.
When a mendicant knows and sees like this, would it be appropriate to say of them:
Yo kho, āvuso, bhikkhu evaṁ jānāti evaṁ passati, kallaṁ nu kho tassetaṁ vacanāya:
‘The soul and the body are the same thing’ or ‘The soul and the body are different things’?”
‘taṁ jīvaṁ taṁ sarīran’ti vā ‘aññaṁ jīvaṁ aññaṁ sarīran’ti vāti.
“It would, reverend.”
Yo so, āvuso, bhikkhu evaṁ jānāti evaṁ passati, kallaṁ tassetaṁ vacanāya:
‘taṁ jīvaṁ taṁ sarīran’ti vā ‘aññaṁ jīvaṁ aññaṁ sarīran’ti vāti.
“But reverends, I know and see like this.
Ahaṁ kho panetaṁ, āvuso, evaṁ jānāmi evaṁ passāmi.
Nevertheless, I do not say:
Atha ca panāhaṁ na vadāmi:
‘The soul and the body are the same thing’ or ‘The soul and the body are different things’. …
‘taṁ jīvaṁ taṁ sarīran’ti vā ‘aññaṁ jīvaṁ aññaṁ sarīran’ti vā …pe…
They enter and remain in the second absorption …
dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ …
third absorption …
tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ …
fourth absorption.
catutthaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.