Early Buddhism

A Question About the First Absorption

Paṭhamajhānapañhāsutta

Language
Pāli
Period
Early Buddhist Texts
Tradition
Early Buddhism
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Moggallāna speaks to the mendicants of a time when his practice of the first absorption was faltering. He expresses his gratitude for the Buddha, who urged him to stabilize that attainment.

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