Why first Jhana is called Rupavacara Jhana?
I can understand why they termed second to forth Jhana as Rupavacara.
But I cant understand why it is refer to first Jhana.
In first Jhana you still have Vitakka and Vicara related to wholesome thoughts.
When you have wholesome thoughts such as Brahmavihara are you free from Kamavacara?
Why first Jhana is called Rupavacara Jhana?
Why first Jhana is called Rupavacara Jhana?
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Hi Sarath,
Why do you think that first jhana cannot be categorised under rupavacara?
Why do you think that first jhana cannot be categorised under rupavacara?
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What is your understanding of Rupavacara?
Why it is called Rupavacara?
Why it is called Rupavacara?
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Whether it's kamavacara, rupavacara or arupavacara is distinguished by the type of cittas that arise. It is said kamavacara citta are quite distinct from rupavacara cittas. Some rupavacara cittas can arise with vitakka. Other types of rupavacara cittas can arise without vitakka.
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I am trying to understand the etymology of "rupavacara"
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Its in SC. Just look up "rupavacara" and "vacara".
Can you? Please share your understanding. Thanks
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Re: Why first Jhana is called Rupavacara Jhana?
i believe this may answer some questions; even tho' i don't understand much of it
Part of Lokiya Cittas.
15 cittas are rupavacara cittas. Rupa here means rupa brahma from 15 rupa brahma bhumi where there are both citta and rupa. Avcara means frequently arising. Rupavacara cittas most frequently arise in rupa brahma bhumis even though they can arise in other bhumi such as kama bhumi like deva bhumi and manussa bhumi or human realm.
15 rupavacara cittas or 15 rupajhana cittas can be divided into three groups depending on their origin or jati or type of citta. They are
* 5 rupakusala cittas,
* 5 rupavipaka cittas, and
* 5 rupakiriya cittas.
https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/rupavacara-citta
Frequently is key, imo.
𝓑𝓾𝓭𝓭𝓱𝓪 𝓗𝓪𝓭 𝓤𝓷𝓮𝓺𝓾𝓲𝓿𝓸𝓬𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓓𝓮𝓬𝓵𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽
𝓐𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓽ā 𝓜𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓼 𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓘𝓼
- Iᴅᴇᴀ ᴏꜰ Sᴏᴜʟ ɪs Oᴜᴛᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴀɴ Uᴛᴛᴇʀʟʏ Fᴏᴏʟɪsʜ Vɪᴇᴡ
V. Nanananda
𝓐𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓽ā 𝓜𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓼 𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓘𝓼
- Nᴏ sᴜᴄʜ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀs ᴀ Sᴇʟғ, Sᴏᴜʟ, Eɢᴏ, Sᴘɪʀɪᴛ, ᴏʀ Āᴛᴍᴀɴ
V. Buddhādasa
Re: Why first Jhana is called Rupavacara Jhana?
Imo, its called "rupa jhana" because the pleasant feelings are bodily feelings. I imagine when the body & its nervous system are purified from stress & stored sankharas, the nerves of the nervous system start to radiate & bliss out. Even though there is no awareness of the physical body in rupa jhana (because the breathing can no longer be discerned due to its tranquillity and due to the pleasant feelings), the bliss of the jhana is produced by the nervous system of the physical body, which includes the brain (imo). Therefore, the bliss is only experienced in the brain, even though the whole physical nervous system is blissed out.
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There is no “radiation” of bliss or pleasureDooDoot wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2019 5:12 amImo, its called "rupa jhana" because the pleasant feelings are bodily feelings. I imagine when the body & its nervous system are purified from stress & stored sankharas, the nerves of the nervous system start to radiate & bliss out. Even though there is no awareness of the physical body in rupa jhana (because the breathing can no longer be discerned due to its tranquillity and due to the pleasant feelings), the bliss of the jhana is produced by the nervous system of the physical body, which includes the brain (imo). Therefore, the bliss is only experienced in the brain, even though the whole physical nervous system is blissed out.
His body is permeated with pleasure and rapture. Not his environment."Just as if a skilled bathman or bathman's apprentice would pour bath powder into a brass basin and knead it together, sprinkling it again and again with water, so that his ball of bath powder — saturated, moisture-laden, permeated within and without — would nevertheless not drip; even so, the monk permeates, suffuses and fills this very body with the rapture and pleasure born of withdrawal. There is nothing of his entire body unpervaded by rapture and pleasure born from withdrawal. This is the first development of the five-factored noble right concentration.
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What is the difference between Kamavacar and Rupavacara?
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Okay. You win. I can’t keep up with these complicated arguments
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In all seriousness, the sutta reference is right there. How does it feel to directly contradict the dhamma and spread misinformation, DooDoot?
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MN 119 is probably fake dhamma plus you don't appear to understand it away. When MN 119 says what it says, the impression is you believe the meditator is "doing" these things.
They drench, steep, fill, and spread their body with rapture and bliss born of seclusion. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread with rapture and bliss born of seclusion.
It’s like when a deft bathroom attendant or their apprentice pours bath powder into a bronze dish, sprinkling it little by little with water. They knead it until the ball of bath powder is soaked and saturated with moisture, spread through inside and out; yet no moisture oozes out.
MN 119
Jhana is certainly "radiant"; which is why the jhana realms are called "radiant gods; luminous gods", etc. Obviously, your posts indicate knowing nothing about it.
Staying there — fixed on that, dwelling there often, not falling away from that — then when he dies he reappears in conjunction with the Abhassara[1] devas.[2]
Notes
1. Lit., Radiant.
2. The Abhassara, Subhakinha, and Vehapphala devas are all Brahmas on the level of form.
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitak ... .html#fn-1
Ajahn Brahm says:How very happily we live,
we who have nothing.
We will feed on rapture
like the Radiant gods.
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitak ... .than.html
It seems true jhana is born from letting go, as the suttas explain in MN 118, SN 48.10, etc. The self-declared DW Jhana Masters, such as Pondera, Budo & Puslar, I have never read refer to "letting go".Jhana designates meditation proper, where meditator's mind is stilled from all thought, secluded from all five sense activity and is radiant with other-worldly bliss.
https://www.dhammatalks.net/Books/Ajahn ... Jhanas.htm
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“Probably”? On whose authority? For what reason?
Quite clearly, there is intention involved in Jhana. So, yes - there is a “doing” here. Even “letting go” is a “doing” of sorts.
When MN 119 says what it says, the impression is you believe the meditator is "doing" these things.
They drench, steep, fill, and spread their body with rapture and bliss born of seclusion. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread with rapture and bliss born of seclusion.
It’s like when a deft bathroom attendant or their apprentice pours bath powder into a bronze dish, sprinkling it little by little with water. They knead it until the ball of bath powder is soaked and saturated with moisture, spread through inside and out; yet no moisture oozes out.
MN 119
Are you a “Radiant God”, DooDoot?Jhana is certainly "radiant"; which is why the jhana realms are called "radiant gods; luminous gods", etc. Obviously, your posts indicate knowing nothing about it.
Staying there — fixed on that, dwelling there often, not falling away from that — then when he dies he reappears in conjunction with the Abhassara[1] devas.[2]
Notes
1. Lit., Radiant.
2. The Abhassara, Subhakinha, and Vehapphala devas are all Brahmas on the level of form.
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitak ... .html#fn-1Ajahn Brahm says:How very happily we live,
we who have nothing.
We will feed on rapture
like the Radiant gods.
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitak ... .than.htmlJhana designates meditation proper, where meditator's mind is stilled from all thought, secluded from all five sense activity and is radiant with other-worldly bliss.
https://www.dhammatalks.net/Books/Ajahn ... Jhanas.htm
What is “rapture” such that it “radiates”? What is “pleasure” such that it “radiates”? You mention the involvement of the nervous system in Jhana. What does our nervous system “radiate”?
I let go of one thing and hold onto the other. I release rapture and pleasure into my body and make it my theme. For as long as I hold onto my theme, my body remains steeped in rapture and pleasure.It seems true jhana is born from letting go, as the suttas explain in MN 118, SN 48.10, etc. The self-declared DW Jhana Masters, such as Pondera, Budo & Puslar, I have never read refer to "letting go".
You hold on to this reference of “letting go”. Why? Of course final gnosis is only attained by letting go; but do you know of what? What do we let go of in final gnosis?
You hold on to “letting go”. You cling to “letting go”. The Buddha teaches ten universal themes of meditation. These are meant to be held on to and developed.
When you meditate; What is your theme, DooDoot?
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