4 Jhanas vs 4 Formless States
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Jhānas: any of J1 - J4
Formless States (aka Immaterial States)
("first absorption" or "second absorption" or "third absorption" or "fourth absorption")
("formless states" or "dimension of infinite space" or "dimension of infinite consciousness" or
160 Sutta Links
"dimension of nothingness" or "dimension of neither perception nor non-perception")
106 Suttas
DN 1	 The Divine Net 	 Brahmajālasutta
DN 1	 The Divine Net 	 Brahmajālasutta
DN 2	 The Fruits of the Ascetic Life 	 Sāmaññaphalasutta
DN 3	 With Ambaṭṭha 	 Ambaṭṭhasutta
DN 4	 With Soṇadaṇḍa 	 Soṇadaṇḍasutta
DN 5	 With Kūṭadanta 	 Kūṭadantasutta
DN 6	 With Mahāli 	 Mahālisutta
DN 7	 With Jāliya 	 Jāliyasutta
DN 8	 The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa 	 Mahāsīhanādasutta
DN 9	 With Poṭṭhapāda 	 Poṭṭhapādasutta
DN 9	 With Poṭṭhapāda 	 Poṭṭhapādasutta
DN 10	 With Subha 	 Subhasutta
DN 11	 With Kevaḍḍha 	 Kevaṭṭasutta
DN 12	 With Lohicca 	 Lohiccasutta
DN 15	 The Great Discourse on Causation 	 Mahānidānasutta
DN 15	 The Great Discourse on Causation 	 Mahānidānasutta
DN 16	 The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment 	 Mahāparinibbānasutta
DN 16	 The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment 	 Mahāparinibbānasutta
DN 17	 King Mahāsudassana 	 Mahāsudassanasutta
DN 22	 The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation 	 Mahāsatipaṭṭhānasutta
DN 26	 The Wheel-Turning Monarch 	 Cakkavattisutta
DN 29	 An Impressive Discourse 	 Pāsādikasutta
DN 33	 Reciting in Concert 	 Saṅgītisutta
DN 33	 Reciting in Concert 	 Saṅgītisutta
DN 34	 Up to Ten 	 Dasuttarasutta
DN 34	 Up to Ten 	 Dasuttarasutta
MN 4	 Fear and Dread 	 Bhayabheravasutta
MN 1	 The Root of All Things 	 Mūlapariyāyasutta
MN 8	 Self-Effacement 	 Sallekhasutta
MN 8	 Self-Effacement 	 Sallekhasutta
MN 13	 The Longer Discourse on the Mass of Suffering 	 Mahādukkhakkhandhasutta
MN 19	 Two Kinds of Thought 	 Dvedhāvitakkasutta
MN 25	 Sowing 	 Nivāpasutta
MN 25	 Sowing 	 Nivāpasutta
MN 26	 The Noble Quest 	 Pāsarāsisutta
MN 26	 The Noble Quest 	 Pāsarāsisutta
MN 27	 The Shorter Simile of the Elephant’s Footprint 	 Cūḷahatthipadopamasutta
MN 30	 The Shorter Simile of the Heartwood 	 Cūḷasāropamasutta
MN 30	 The Shorter Simile of the Heartwood 	 Cūḷasāropamasutta
MN 31	 The Shorter Discourse at Gosiṅga 	 Cūḷagosiṅgasutta
MN 31	 The Shorter Discourse at Gosiṅga 	 Cūḷagosiṅgasutta
MN 36	 The Longer Discourse With Saccaka 	 Mahāsaccakasutta
MN 36	 The Longer Discourse With Saccaka 	 Mahāsaccakasutta
MN 38	 The Longer Discourse on the Ending of Craving 	 Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhayasutta
MN 41	 The People of Sālā 	 Sāleyyakasutta
MN 39	 The Longer Discourse at Assapura 	 Mahāassapurasutta
MN 43	 The Great Elaboration 	 Mahāvedallasutta
MN 43	 The Great Elaboration 	 Mahāvedallasutta
MN 44	 The Shorter Elaboration 	 Cūḷavedallasutta
MN 45	 The Shorter Discourse on Taking Up Practices 	 Cūḷadhammasamādānasutta
MN 51	 With Kandaraka 	 Kandarakasutta
MN 52	 The Wealthy Citizen 	 Aṭṭhakanāgarasutta
MN 52	 The Wealthy Citizen 	 Aṭṭhakanāgarasutta
MN 53	 A Trainee 	 Sekhasutta
MN 59	 The Many Kinds of Feeling 	 Bahuvedanīyasutta
MN 59	 The Many Kinds of Feeling 	 Bahuvedanīyasutta
MN 60	 Unfailing 	 Apaṇṇakasutta
MN 60	 Unfailing 	 Apaṇṇakasutta
MN 64	 The Longer Discourse With Māluṅkya 	 Mahāmālukyasutta
MN 64	 The Longer Discourse With Māluṅkya 	 Mahāmālukyasutta
MN 65	 With Bhaddāli 	 Bhaddālisutta
MN 66	 The Simile of the Quail 	 Laṭukikopamasutta
MN 66	 The Simile of the Quail 	 Laṭukikopamasutta
MN 76	 With Sandaka 	 Sandakasutta
MN 77	 The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī 	 Mahāsakuludāyisutta
MN 77	 The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī 	 Mahāsakuludāyisutta
MN 78	 With Uggāhamāna Samaṇamaṇḍikāputta 	 Samaṇamuṇḍikasutta
MN 79	 The Shorter Discourse With Sakuludāyī 	 Cūḷasakuludāyisutta
MN 85	 With Prince Bodhi 	 Bodhirājakumārasutta
MN 85	 With Prince Bodhi 	 Bodhirājakumārasutta
MN 94	 With Ghoṭamukha 	 Ghoṭamukhasutta
MN 99	 With Subha 	 Subhasutta
MN 100	 With Saṅgārava 	 Saṅgāravasutta
MN 100	 With Saṅgārava 	 Saṅgāravasutta
MN 101	 At Devadaha 	 Devadahasutta
MN 102	 The Five and Three 	 Pañcattayasutta
MN 107	 With Moggallāna the Accountant 	 Gaṇakamoggallānasutta
MN 105	 With Sunakkhatta 	 Sunakkhattasutta
MN 108	 With Moggallāna the Guardian 	 Gopakamoggallānasutta
MN 106	 Conducive to the Imperturbable 	 Āneñjasappāyasutta
MN 111	 One by One 	 Anupadasutta
MN 111	 One by One 	 Anupadasutta
MN 112	 The Sixfold Purification 	 Chabbisodhanasutta
MN 113	 A True Person 	 Sappurisasutta
MN 113	 A True Person 	 Sappurisasutta
MN 119	 Mindfulness of the Body 	 Kāyagatāsatisutta
MN 120	 Rebirth by Choice 	 Saṅkhārupapattisutta
MN 122	 The Longer Discourse on Emptiness 	 Mahāsuññatasutta
MN 121	 The Shorter Discourse on Emptiness 	 Cūḷasuññatasutta
MN 125	 The Level of the Tamed 	 Dantabhūmisutta
MN 137	 The Analysis of the Six Sense Fields 	 Saḷāyatanavibhaṅgasutta
MN 138	 The Analysis of a Recitation Passage 	 Uddesavibhaṅgasutta
MN 140	 The Analysis of the Elements 	 Dhātuvibhaṅgasutta
MN 139	 The Analysis of Non-Conflict 	 Araṇavibhaṅgasutta
MN 143	 Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika 	 Anāthapiṇḍikovādasutta
MN 141	 The Analysis of the Truths 	 Saccavibhaṅgasutta
SN 6.15	 Final Extinguishment 	 Parinibbānasutta
SN 6.15	 Final Extinguishment 	 Parinibbānasutta
SN 14.11	 Seven Elements 	 Sattadhātusutta
SN 16.9	 Absorptions and Insights 	 Jhānābhiññasutta
SN 16.9	 Absorptions and Insights 	 Jhānābhiññasutta
SN 16.10	 The Nuns’ Quarters 	 Upassayasutta
SN 28.5	 The Dimension of Infinite Space 	 Ākāsānañcāyatanasutta
SN 16.11	 Robes 	 Cīvarasutta
SN 28.6	 The Dimension of Infinite Consciousness 	 Viññāṇañcāyatanasutta
SN 21.1	 With Kolita 	 Kolitasutta
SN 28.7	 The Dimension of Nothingness 	 Ākiñcaññāyatanasutta
SN 28.1	 Born of Seclusion 	 Vivekajasutta
SN 28.8	 The Dimension of Neither Perception Nor Non-Perception 	 Nevasaññānāsaññāyatanasutta
SN 28.2	 Without Placing the Mind 	 Avitakkasutta
SN 28.9	 The Attainment of Cessation 	 Nirodhasamāpattisutta
SN 28.3	 Rapture 	 Pītisutta
SN 28.4	 Equanimity 	 Upekkhāsutta
SN 36.11	 In Private 	 Rahogatasutta
SN 36.11	 In Private 	 Rahogatasutta
SN 36.15	 With Ānanda (1st) 	 Paṭhamaānandasutta
SN 36.15	 With Ānanda (1st) 	 Paṭhamaānandasutta
SN 36.19	 With Pañcakaṅga 	 Pañcakaṅgasutta
SN 36.19	 With Pañcakaṅga 	 Pañcakaṅgasutta
SN 36.31	 Not of the Flesh 	 Nirāmisasutta
SN 40.5	 A Question About the Dimension of Infinite Space 	 Ākāsānañcāyatanapañhāsutta
SN 40.1	 A Question About the First Absorption 	 Paṭhamajhānapañhāsutta
SN 40.6	 A Question About the Dimension of Infinite Consciousness 	 Viññāṇañcāyatanapañhāsutta
SN 40.2	 A Question About the Second Absorption 	 Dutiyajhānapañhāsutta
SN 40.7	 A Question About the Dimension of Nothingness 	 Ākiñcaññāyatanapañhāsutta
SN 40.3	 A Question About the Third Absorption 	 Tatiyajhānapañhāsutta
SN 40.8	 A Question About the Dimension of Neither Perception Nor Non	 Perception
SN 40.4	 A Question About the Fourth Absorption 	 Catutthajhānapañhāsutta
SN 41.7	 With Godatta 	 Godattasutta
SN 41.8	 The Jain Ascetic of the Ñātika Clan 	 Nigaṇṭhanāṭaputtasutta
SN 46.54	 Full of Love 	 Mettāsahagatasutta
SN 41.9	 With Kassapa, the Naked Ascetic 	 Acelakassapasutta
SN 45.8	 Analysis 	 Vibhaṅgasutta
SN 48.10	 Analysis (2nd) 	 Dutiyavibhaṅgasutta
SN 48.40	 Irregular Order 	 Uppaṭipāṭikasutta
SN 48.40	 Irregular Order 	 Uppaṭipāṭikasutta
SN 53.1-12	 Absorptions, Etc. 	 Gaṅgāpeyyālavagga
SN 53.45-54	 Floods, etc. 	 Oghavagga
SN 54.8	 The Simile of the Lamp 	 Padīpopamasutta
SN 54.8	 The Simile of the Lamp 	 Padīpopamasutta
AN 1.394	 	 “If, mendicants, a mendicant develops the first absorption,
AN 1.447-454	 	 Having physical form, they see forms … not perceiving
AN 1.395-401	 	 “If, mendicants, a mendicant develops the second … third … o
AN 3.116	 Imperturbable 	 Āneñjasutta
AN 1.495-574	 	 They develop the faculty of faith together with the first ab
AN 4.171	 Intention 	 Cetanāsutta
AN 2.13	 	 “There are, mendicants, these two powers. What two? The powe
AN 3.58	 With Tikaṇṇa 	 Tikaṇṇasutta
AN 3.59	 With Jānussoṇi 	 Jāṇussoṇisutta
AN 3.63	 At Venāgapura 	 Venāgapurasutta
AN 3.73	 With Mahānāma the Sakyan 	 Mahānāmasakkasutta
AN 3.74	 Jains 	 Nigaṇṭhasutta
AN 3.89	 Three Trainings (1st) 	 Paṭhamasikkhattayasutta
AN 3.90	 Three Trainings (2nd) 	 Dutiyasikkhattayasutta
AN 3.94	 Springtime 	 Saradasutta
AN 4.38	 Withdrawn 	 Patilīnasutta
AN 4.41	 Ways of Developing Immersion Further 	 Samādhibhāvanāsutta
AN 4.123	 Difference (1st) 	 Paṭhamanānākaraṇasutta
AN 4.124	 Difference (2nd) 	 Dutiyanānākaraṇasutta
AN 4.163	 Ugly 	 Asubhasutta
AN 4.169	 Extra Effort 	 Sasaṅkhārasutta
AN 4.190	 Sabbath 	 Uposathasutta
AN 4.190	 Sabbath 	 Uposathasutta
AN 4.194	 At Sāpūga 	 Sāmugiyasutta
AN 5.170	 With Bhaddaji 	 Bhaddajisutta
AN 4.198	 Fervent Mortification of Oneself 	 Attantapasutta
AN 4.200	 Love and Hate 	 Pemasutta
AN 4.246	 Lying Postures 	 Seyyāsutta
AN 5.14	 In Detail 	 Vitthatasutta
AN 5.28	 With Five Factors 	 Pañcaṅgikasutta
AN 5.75	 Warriors (1st) 	 Paṭhamayodhājīvasutta
AN 5.76	 Warriors (2nd) 	 Dutiyayodhājīvasutta
AN 5.94	 Living Comfortably 	 Phāsuvihārasutta
AN 5.192	 With the Brahmin Doṇa 	 Doṇabrāhmaṇasutta
AN 5.256	 The First Absorption 	 Paṭhamajhānasutta
AN 5.257-263	 The Second Absorption, Etc. 	 Dutiyajhānasuttādisattaka
AN 5.264	 Another Discourse on the First Absorption 	 Aparapaṭhamajhānasutta
AN 5.265-271	 Another Discourse on the Second Absorption, Etc. 	 Aparadutiyajhānasuttādi
AN 6.29	 With Udāyī 	 Udāyīsutta
AN 6.60	 With Hatthisāriputta 	 Hatthisāriputtasutta
AN 6.73	 First Absorption (1st) 	 Paṭhamatajjhānasutta
AN 6.74	 First Absorption (2nd) 	 Dutiyatajjhānasutta
AN 7.4	 Powers in Detail 	 Vitthatabalasutta
AN 7.44	 Planes of Consciousness 	 Sattaviññāṇaṭṭhitisutta
AN 7.44	 Planes of Consciousness 	 Sattaviññāṇaṭṭhitisutta
AN 7.53	 Nanda’s Mother 	 Nandamātāsutta
AN 8.66	 Liberations 	 Vimokkhasutta
AN 7.67	 The Simile of the Citadel 	 Nagaropamasutta
AN 8.120	 Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd) 	 ~
AN 7.69	 The Shady Orchid Tree 	 Pāricchattakasutta
AN 8.11	 At Verañjā 	 Verañjasutta
AN 8.30	 Anuruddha and the Great Thoughts 	 Anuruddhamahāvitakkasutta
AN 9.24	 Abodes of Sentient Beings 	 Sattāvāsasutta
AN 9.24	 Abodes of Sentient Beings 	 Sattāvāsasutta
AN 9.31	 Progressive Cessations 	 Anupubbanirodhasutta
AN 9.31	 Progressive Cessations 	 Anupubbanirodhasutta
AN 9.32	 Progressive Meditations 	 Anupubbavihārasutta
AN 9.32	 Progressive Meditations 	 Anupubbavihārasutta
AN 9.33	 The Nine Progressive Meditative Attainments 	 Anupubbavihārasamāpattisutta
AN 9.33	 The Nine Progressive Meditative Attainments 	 Anupubbavihārasamāpattisutta
AN 9.34	 Extinguishment is Bliss 	 Nibbānasukhasutta
AN 9.34	 Extinguishment is Bliss 	 Nibbānasukhasutta
AN 9.35	 The Simile of the Cow 	 Gāvīupamāsutta
AN 9.35	 The Simile of the Cow 	 Gāvīupamāsutta
AN 9.36	 Depending on Absorption 	 Jhānasutta
AN 9.36	 Depending on Absorption 	 Jhānasutta
AN 9.37	 By Ānanda 	 Ānandasutta
AN 9.38	 Brahmin Cosmologists 	 Lokāyatikasutta
AN 9.38	 Brahmin Cosmologists 	 Lokāyatikasutta
AN 9.39	 The War Between the Gods and the Titans 	 Devāsurasaṅgāmasutta
AN 9.39	 The War Between the Gods and the Titans 	 Devāsurasaṅgāmasutta
AN 9.40	 The Simile of the Bull Elephant in the Forest 	 Nāgasutta
AN 9.40	 The Simile of the Bull Elephant in the Forest 	 Nāgasutta
AN 9.41	 With the Householder Tapussa 	 Tapussasutta
AN 9.41	 With the Householder Tapussa 	 Tapussasutta
AN 9.42	 Cramped 	 Sambādhasutta
AN 9.42	 Cramped 	 Sambādhasutta
AN 9.43	 A Direct Witness 	 Kāyasakkhīsutta
AN 9.43	 A Direct Witness 	 Kāyasakkhīsutta
AN 9.44	 Freed by Wisdom 	 Paññāvimuttasutta
AN 9.44	 Freed by Wisdom 	 Paññāvimuttasutta
AN 9.45	 Freed Both Ways 	 Ubhatobhāgavimuttasutta
AN 9.45	 Freed Both Ways 	 Ubhatobhāgavimuttasutta
AN 9.46	 In This Very Life 	 Sandiṭṭhikadhammasutta
AN 9.46	 In This Very Life 	 Sandiṭṭhikadhammasutta
AN 9.47	 Extinguishment Is Apparent in This Very Life 	 Sandiṭṭhikanibbānasutta
AN 9.47	 Extinguishment Is Apparent in This Very Life 	 Sandiṭṭhikanibbānasutta
AN 9.51	 Extinguishment in the Present Life 	 Diṭṭhadhammanibbānasutta
AN 9.51	 Extinguishment in the Present Life 	 Diṭṭhadhammanibbānasutta
AN 9.52	 A Safe Place 	 Khemasutta
AN 9.52	 A Safe Place 	 Khemasutta
AN 9.61	 Progressive Cessation 	 Anupubbanirodhasutta
AN 9.61	 Progressive Cessation 	 Anupubbanirodhasutta
AN 9.94	 Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd) 	 ~
AN 9.94	 Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd) 	 ~
AN 10.20	 Abodes of the Noble Ones (2nd) 	 Dutiyaariyāvāsasutta
AN 10.6	 Immersion 	 Samādhisutta
AN 10.72	 Thorns 	 Kaṇṭakasutta
AN 10.7	 Sāriputta 	 Sāriputtasutta
AN 10.85	 A Boaster 	 Katthīsutta
AN 10.29	 Kosala (1st) 	 Paṭhamakosalasutta
AN 10.99	 With Upāli 	 Upālisutta
AN 10.99	 With Upāli 	 Upālisutta
AN 11.7	 Percipient 	 Saññāsutta
AN 11.8	 Focus 	 Manasikārasutta
AN 11.9	 With Sandha 	 Saddhasutta
AN 11.16	 The Wealthy Citizen 	 Aṭṭhakanāgarasutta
AN 11.16	 The Wealthy Citizen 	 Aṭṭhakanāgarasutta
AN 11.982	 Untitled Discourse on Greed 	 ~
AN 11.18	 Immersion (1st) 	 Paṭhamasamādhisutta
Thig 16.1	 Sumedhā 	 Sumedhātherīgāthā
AN 11.19	 Immersion (2nd) 	 Dutiyasamādhisutta
AN 11.20	 Immersion (3rd) 	 Tatiyasamādhisutta
AN 11.21	 Immersion (4th) 	 Catutthasamādhisutta
Ud 8.1	 About Extinguishment (1st) 	 Paṭhamanibbānapaṭisaṁyuttasutta
Iti 73	 More Peaceful 	 Santatarasutta
Snp 3.12	 3.12 Contemplating Pairs 	 Dvayatānupassanāsutta
Snp 5.15	 The Question of Posāla 	 Posālamāṇavapucchā
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