Dutiyasamādhi Sutta
“Monks, there are four kinds of people living in this world. [1]
What are they?
Here monks,
(1) Some people are skilled at calming their mind internally, [2]
But they lack the higher wisdom
of seeing mental states with clarity. [3]
(2) Some people are skilled in the higher wisdom
of seeing mental states with clarity,
But they lack the ability
to calm their mind internally.
(3) Some people are unskilled at both
Calming their mind internally,
And the higher wisdom
of seeing mental states with clarity.
(4) Some people are skilled at both
Calming their mind internally,
And the higher wisdom
of seeing mental states with clarity.
[1. Skilled in Calm]
(1) Concerning those who are
skilled at calming their mind internally,
But lack in higher wisdom of seeing mental states with clarity;
Making use of their ability to calm their mind internally,
They should devote themselves to the higher wisdom
of seeing mental states with clarity. [4]
After some time,
they become skilled at both
calming their mind internally,
and the higher wisdom in mental states.
[2. Skilled in Clarity]
(2) Concerning those who are skilled in the higher wisdom
of seeing mental states with clarity
but lack [the ability to] calm their mind internally;
Making use of the higher wisdom
of seeing mental states with clarity,
They should devote themselves
to calming their mind internally. [5]
After some time,
They become skilled in both
the higher wisdom in mental states
And calming their mind internally.
[3. Skilled in Neither]
(3) Concerning those who lack both
[the ability to] calm their mind internally [6]
and the higher wisdom of seeing mental states with clarity.
These should arouse tremendous
desire,
dedication,
perseverance,
persistence,
unremitting will,
presence of mind,
and full awareness,
for the accumulation of those wholesome qualities. [7]
[Analogy of Clothes on fire]
Just as if one who’s clothes and head were on fire
would arouse tremendous
desire,
dedication,
perseverance,
persistence,
unremitting will,
presence of mind,
and full awareness,
to put out the fire on their clothes and head;
So too monks,
These should arouse tremendous
desire,
dedication,
perseverance,
persistence,
unremitting will,
presence of mind,
and full awareness,
for the accumulation of these wholesome states.
After some time,
they become skilled in both
the higher wisdom in mental states
and calming their mind internally.
[4. Skilled in Both]
(4) Concerning those who are skilled in both
calming their mind internally
and the higher wisdom of seeing mental states with clarity;
Making use of these wholesome qualities,
they should devote themselves further
until the complete stilling of mental agitation.
These are the four kinds of people living in this world monks.
[1] Suttas AN IV 92-93-94 come together as a kind of trilogy. Please refer to all three translations and footnotes at AN IV 92 for better explanation and a more thorough picture.
[2] PED: Samatha [fr. śam, cp. BSk. śamatha] 1. calm, quietude of heart (ceto°); cessation of the Sankhāras — 2. settlement of legal questions (adhikaraṇa).
[3] Interesting last comment under Samatha in the PED: ‘also separately “calm & intuition,” e. g. M i.494.’ Vipassanā as intuition.
[4]tena, bhikkhave, puggalena ajjhattaṁ cetosamathe patiṭṭhāya adhipaññādhammavipassanāya yogo karaṇīyo.
[5]adhipaññādhammavipassanāya patiṭṭhāya ajjhattaṁ cetosamathe yogo karaṇīyo.
[6] Alternative translations: ‘mental stillness within,’ ‘a settled mind inwardly,’ ‘resting the mind internally.’
[7] ‘adhimatto chando ca vāyāmo ca ussāho ca ussoḷhī ca appaṭivānī ca sati ca sampajaññañca karaṇīyaṁ.’
