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AN 5.256 - The First Absorption Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato Source: https://suttacentral.net/an5.256/en/sujato License: CC0-1.0 Numbered Discourses 5.256 26. Ordination The First Absorption “Mendicants, without giving up these five qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption. What five? Stinginess with dwellings, families, material things, praise, and the teachings. Without giving up these five qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption. But after giving up these five qualities you can enter and remain in the first absorption. What five? Stinginess with dwellings, families, material things, praise, and the teachings. After giving up these five qualities you can enter and remain in the first absorption.”