Dhp 79: wordling drinks wine to help sleep at night, wise person drinks Dharma and sleeps with jhānic pleasure

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Dhp 79: wordling drinks wine to help sleep at night, wise person drinks Dharma and sleeps with jhānic pleasure

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Dhp 79 contains a hidden jhāna reference, and reinforces some ideas about jhāna that are commonly misunderstood.
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Re: Dhp 79: wordling drinks wine to help sleep at night, wise person drinks Dharma and sleeps with jhānic pleasure

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frank k wrote: Fri Dec 09, 2022 4:49 pm http://notesonthedhamma.blogspot.com/20 ... -help.html

Dhp 79 contains a hidden jhāna reference, and reinforces some ideas about jhāna that are commonly misunderstood.
Sure, good householder doesn't like it, but pīti means, satisfied/satisfies. Delight & satisfied (on renouncing house, stand), one might grow calm (bodily), open for heal....

It's a short version of the lokuttara depending co-disappearing, to speak Frank.
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