Pañcasu pahānesu yaṃ sasevāle udake pakkhittena ghaṭena sevālassa viya tena tena lokiyasamādhinā nīvaraṇādīnaṃ paccanīkadhammānaṃ vikkhambhanaṃ dūrīkaraṇaṃ, idaṃ vikkhambhanappahānaṃ nāma. Vikkhambhanappahānañca nīvaraṇānaṃ paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ bhāvayatoti nīvaraṇānaṃyeva pahānaṃ pākaṭattā vuttanti veditabbaṃ. Nīvaraṇāni hi jhānassa pubbabhāgepi pacchābhāgepi na sahasā cittaṃ ajjhottharanti, ajjhotthaṭesu ca tesu jhānaṃ parihāyati, vitakkādayo pana dutiyajjhānādito pubbe pacchā ca appaṭipakkhā hutvā pavattanti. Tasmā nīvaraṇānaṃ vikkhambhanaṃ sākaṭaṃ. Yaṃ pana rattibhāge samujjalitena padīpena andhakārassa viya tena tena vipassanāya avayavabhūtena jhānaṅgena paṭipakkhavaseneva tassa tassa ca pahātabbadhammassa pahānaṃ, idaṃ tadaṅgappahānaṃ nāma. Tadaṅgappahānañca diṭṭhigatānaṃ nibbedhabhāgiyaṃ samādhiṃ bhāvayatoti diṭṭhigatānaṃyeva pahānaṃ oḷārikavasena vuttanti veditabbaṃ. Diṭṭhigataṃ hi oḷārikaṃ. Niccasaññādayo sukhumā. Tattha diṭṭhigatānanti diṭṭhiyeva diṭṭhigataṃ "gūthagataṃ muttagatan"tiādīni viya. Gantabbābhāvato ca diṭṭhiyā gatamatta- mevetantipi diṭṭhigataṃ, dvāsaṭṭhidiṭṭhīsu antogadhattā diṭṭhīsu gatantipi diṭṭhigataṃ. Bahuvacanena tesaṃ diṭṭhigatānaṃ. Nibbedhabhāgiyaṃ samādhinti vipassanāsampayuttaṃ samādhiṃ. Yaṃ pana asanivicakkābhihatassa rukkhassa viya ariyamaggañāṇena saṃyojanānaṃ dhammānaṃ yathā na puna pavattati, evaṃ pahānaṃ, idaṃ samucchedappahānaṃ nāma. Nirodho nibbānanti nirodhasaṅkhātaṃ nibbānaṃ.
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