vitakka in first jhāna, spelled out so you can't hide from the truth

[frank k]

https://notesonthedhamma.blogspot.com/2 ... t-so.html
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[auto]

What truth tho?
When you decide not to go out, instead stay with unsatisfied urges.

are the unsatisfied urges = "quite withdrawn from sensuality"?

during that time, aren't the mind occupied with thinking about unsatisfied sensual pleasures, the mind is occupied with thinking about it ="directed thought"?
other words vitakkam vicaram denotes the sensual pleasure, what also is sankappa.

[auto]

“What fetters the world?“Kiṃsu saṃyojano loko,
What explores it?kiṃsu tassa vicāraṇaṃ;
With the giving up of whatKissassu vippahānena,
is extinguishment spoken of?”nibbānaṃ iti vuccatī”ti.

“Delight fetters the world.“Nandīsaṃyojano loko,
Thought explores it.vitakkassa vicāraṇaṃ;
With the giving up of cravingTaṇhāya vippahānena,
extinguishment is spoken of.”nibbānaṃ iti vuccatī”ti.

vitakka explores(vicaram) the loka/world.

lokoPali-Dictionary Vipassana Research Institute
loko：The universe； a world； the world； the inhabitants of a world or region； mankind； a being，a creature

“What gives birth to a person?“Kiṃsu janeti purisaṃ,
What do they have that runs about?kiṃsu tassa vidhāvati;
What enters transmigration?Kiṃsu saṃsāramāpādi,
From what are they not free?”kismā na parimuccatī”ti.

“Craving gives birth to a person.“Taṇhā janeti purisaṃ,
Their mind is what runs about.cittamassa vidhāvati;
A sentient being enters transmigration.Satto saṃsāramāpādi,
From suffering they are not free.”dukkhā na parimuccatī”ti.

citta is what explores the person.