sn47.10:6.1 What four?
sn47.10:6.2 It’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.
sn47.10:6.3 As they meditate observing an aspect of the body, based on the body there arises sweltering in the body, or mental sluggishness, or the mind is externally scattered.
sn47.10:6.4 That mendicant should direct their mind toward an inspiring subject as a basis for meditation.
sn47.10:6.5 As they do so, joy springs up.
sn47.10:6.6 Being joyful, rapture springs up.
sn47.10:6.7 When the mind is full of rapture, the body becomes tranquil.
sn47.10:6.8 When the body is tranquil, one feels bliss.
sn47.10:6.9 And when blissful, the mind becomes immersed in samādhi.
sn47.10:6.10 Then they reflect:
sn47.10:6.11 ‘I have accomplished the goal for which I directed my mind.
sn47.10:6.12 Let me now relax.’
sn47.10:6.13 They relax, and neither place the mind nor keep it connected.
sn47.10:6.14 They understand: ‘I’m neither placing the mind nor keeping it connected. Mindful within myself, I’m happy.’