“Four kinds of people exist in this world, monks.
What four?
(1) Here, some people are fully extinguished,
here and now,
(2) Some people are fully extinguished,
when their body gives out,
by putting in effort.
(3) Some people are fully extinguished,
here and now,
effortlessly.
(4) and some people are fully extinguished,
when their body gives out,
.
(1) How, monks, are some people
fully extinguished here and now,
by putting in effort?
Here, monks, some monks or nuns live,
(1) contemplating the repulsiveness of the body,
(2) keeping in mind the unattractiveness of food,
(3) non-enjoyment towards the whole world,
(4) the transience in all activities,
and (5) the remembrance of death is firmly rooted in them.
They abide, supported by these five strengths
of those in the noble training:
The strengths of
(1) confidence,
(4) motivation,
(5) and discernment.
And these five skills of the mind are swift to develop.
The skills of
(1) confidence
(2) motivation
(3) presence of mind
(4) mental collectedness
(5) and discernment.
These five skills being swiftly developed,
They are fully extinguished here and now,
by putting in effort.
This is how, monks, some people
are fully extinguished here and now,
by putting in effort.
(2) How, monks, are some people
fully extinguished when their body gives out,
by putting in effort?
Here, monks, some monks or nuns live,
(1) contemplating the repulsiveness of the body,
(2) keeping in mind the unattractiveness of food,
(3) non-enjoyment towards the whole world,
(4) the transience in all activities,
and (5) the remembrance of death is firmly rooted in them.
They abide, supported by these five strengths
of those in the noble training:
The strengths of
(1) confidence,
(2) humility,
(3) shyness in wrongdoing,
(4) motivation,
(5) and discernment.
But these five skills of the mind are slow to develop.
The skills of
(1) confidence
(2) motivation
(3) presence of mind
(4) mental collectedness
(5) and discernment.
These five skills being dull,
They are fully extinguished when their body gives out,
by putting in effort.
This is how, monks, some people
are fully extinguished when their body gives out,
by putting in effort.
(3) How are some people
fully extinguished here and now,
effortlessly?
Here, monks, some monks and nuns live,
disengaged from the sense faculties
and detached from unwholesome mental states,
accompanied by wholesome thinking and imagining,
with the blissful happiness born of letting go
they understand and abide in the first level of meditation
As thinking and imagining calm down,
with inner tranquilization,
their minds becoming unified,
without thinking and imagining
with joy and happiness born of mental collectedness
they understand and abide in the second level of meditation.
As stronger joy calms down,
abiding in mental steadiness,
present and fully aware,
experiencing happiness within one’s body
a state the awakened ones describe as:
“Steadiness and presence of mind:
This is a pleasant abiding.”
they understand and abide in the third level of meditation.
Unattached to pleasant sensations,
unstirred by unpleasant ones,
as mental excitement and heaviness settle,
their minds are balanced,
purified by unmoving presence,
they understand and abide in the fourth level of meditation.
They abide, supported by these five strengths
of those in the noble training:
The strengths of
(1) confidence,
(2) humility,
(3) shyness in wrongdoing
(4) motivation
(5) and discernment.
And these five skills of the mind are swiftly developed.
The skills of
(1) confidence
(2) motivation
(3) presence of mind
(4) mental collectedness
(5) and discernment.
These five skills being developed swiftly,
They are fully extinguished here and now,
effortlessly.
This is how, monks, some people
are fully extinguished here and now,
effortlessly.
(4) How, monks, are some people
fully extinguished when their body gives out,
effortlessly.
Here, monks, some monks and nuns live,
disengaged from the sense faculties
and detached from unwholesome mental states,
accompanied by wholesome thinking and imagining,
with the blissful happiness born of letting go
they understand and abide in the first level of meditation
As thinking and imagining calm down,
with inner tranquilization,
their minds becoming unified,
without thinking and imagining
with joy and happiness born of mental collectedness
they understand and abide in the second level of meditation.
As stronger joy calms down,
abiding in mental steadiness,
present and fully aware,
experiencing happiness within one’s body
a state the awakened ones describe as:
“Steadiness and presence of mind:
This is a pleasant abiding.”
they understand and abide in the third level of meditation.
Unattached to pleasant sensations,
unstirred by unpleasant ones,
as mental excitement and heaviness settle,
their minds are balanced,
purified by unmoving presence,
they understand and abide in the fourth level of meditation.
They abide, supported by these five strengths
of those in the noble training:
The strengths of
(1) confidence,
(2) humility,
(3) shyness in wrongdoing
(4) motivation
(5) and discernment.
But these five skills of the mind are slow to develop.
The skills of
(1) confidence
(2) motivation
(3) presence of mind
(4) mental collectedness
(5) and discernment.
These five skills being dull,
they are fully extinguished when their body gives out,
effortlessly.
This is how, monks, some people
are fully extinguished when their body gives out,
effortlessly.
These are the four kinds of people who exist in this world.
