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# Four jhānas

Four stages of meditative unification progressively refine rapture, pleasure, equanimity, and mindfulness.

1. Seclusion, applied and sustained thought, rapture, and pleasure.
2. Applied and sustained thought subside; unification, rapture, and pleasure remain.
3. Rapture fades; equanimity, mindfulness, and bodily pleasure remain.
4. Pleasure and pain are abandoned; mindfulness is purified by equanimity.

## Relevant suttas

- AN 5.28 — Five-Factored Concentration (read here)
- AN 5.28 within the AN 5.21–30 reading (Candana Bhikkhu audio · 1:06:59)
- DN 2 — Fruits of the Contemplative Life (read here)
- Listen to DN 2 (Candana Bhikkhu audio · 1:53:39)

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