“Monks, without abandoning six things, one is incapable of entering & remaining in the first jhāna. Which six? Sensual desire, ill will, sloth & drowsiness, restlessness & anxiety, uncertainty, and one has not seen well, with right discernment—as they have come to be—the drawbacks of sensuality.1 Without abandoning these six things, one is incapable of entering & remaining in the first jhāna.”
Note
1. See the definition of sensuality in AN 6:63.
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