Rapture

pīti

Serenity (samatha) Building on it Stage 6 of 8

Rapture (a jhāna factor).

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Ānāpānasati — mindfulness of breathing Ānāpānasati · MN 118
The nine attainments and entering the fruit Meditation / jhāna (part 4)

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Passages where pīti occurs literally — in the original, and, where a German translation of the same lines exists, in German.

Tipiṭaka · Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.3 Primary passage

Wenn der Geist in Ekstase ist, werden Körper und Geist still. Zu einer solchen Zeit hat ein Mönch den Faktor des Erwachens Stille in Gang gesetzt; er entwickelt ihn und vervollkommnet ihn. Wenn der Körper still ist und man voller Seligkeit ist, versenkt sich der Geist im Samādhi. Zu einer solchen Zeit hat ein Mönch den Faktor des Erwachens Versenkung in Gang gesetzt; er entwickelt ihn und vervollkommnet ihn. Über diesen im Samādhi versunkenen Geist wacht er genau mit Gleichmut. Zu einer solchen Zeit hat ein Mönch den Faktor des Erwachens Gleichmut in Gang gesetzt; er entwickelt ihn und vervollkommnet ihn. Wenn die sieben Faktoren des Erwachens auf diese Art entwickelt und gemehrt werden …

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Yasmiṁ samaye, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno āraddhavīriyassa uppajjati pīti nirāmisā, pītisambojjhaṅgo tasmiṁ samaye bhikkhuno āraddho hoti; pītisambojjhaṅgaṁ tasmiṁ samaye bhikkhu bhāveti; pītisambojjhaṅgo tasmiṁ samaye bhikkhuno bhāvanāpāripūriṁ gacchati. Pītimanassa kāyopi passambhati, cittampi passambhati. Yasmiṁ samaye, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pītimanassa kāyopi passambhati cittampi passambhati, passaddhisambojjhaṅgo tasmiṁ samaye bhikkhuno āraddho hoti; passaddhisambojjhaṅgaṁ tasmiṁ samaye bhikkhu bhāveti; passaddhisambojjhaṅgo tasmiṁ samaye bhikkhuno bhāvanāpāripūriṁ gacchati. Passaddhakāyassa sukhino cittaṁ samādhiyati.

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Tipiṭaka · Paṭṭhānapakaraṇa · Pāli

Sappītiko ca appītiko ca dhammā appītikassa dhammassa anantarapaccayena paccayo—purimā purimā sappītikā khandhā ca pīti ca pacchimāya pacchimāya pītiyā anantarapaccayena paccayo; sappītikaṁ cuticittañca pīti ca appītikassa upapatticittassa … sappītikaṁ bhavaṅgañca pīti ca āvajjanāya … sappītikā khandhā ca pīti ca appītikassa vuṭṭhānassa … sappītikā vipākamanoviññāṇadhātu ca pīti ca kiriyamanoviññāṇadhātuyā … sappītikaṁ bhavaṅgañca pīti ca appītikassa bhavaṅgassa … sappītikaṁ kusalākusalañca pīti ca appītikassa vuṭṭhānassa … kiriyañca pīti ca vuṭṭhānassa … phalañca pīti ca vuṭṭhānassa anantarapaccayena paccayo.
Mahāyāna sūtras · Bodhicaryāvatārapañjikā · Sanskrit

nanu etatsamānaṃ niḥsvabhāvavādino bhavato 'pīti samānadūṣaṇatāmāpādayannāha māyopamatve 'pītyādi-
Pāli commentaries · Visuddhimaggo (Paṭhamo bhāgo) · Pāli

Jānato passato paccavekkhato cittaṃ adhiṭṭhahato saddhāya adhimuccato vīriyaṃ paggaṇhato satiṃ upaṭṭhāpayato cittaṃ samādahato paññāya pajānato abhiññeyyaṃ pariññeyyaṃ pahātabbaṃ bhāvetabbaṃ sacchikātabbaṃ sacchikaroto sā pīti paṭisaṃviditā hoti. Evaṃ sā pīti paṭisaṃviditā hotī’’ti.
Dharmaśāstra · Kāmasūtra · Sanskrit

5.3.9/.paruṣayitvā^api tu prīti^yojinīṃ sādhayet//(p.272)

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