Dear Dr. Yojana,
The Commentary (Summary of the topics of abhidhamma and commentary,
transl. by Wijeratne and Gethin, PTS); <Each ordinary jhaana ,
beginning with the first is threefold and [each] transcendent jhaan
is eightfold, [making each one] elevenfold; but the last jhaana is
twenty-threefold: 'three formsphere, twelve formless-sphere and eight
transcendent [jhaanas] is what is meant.>
N: for the first (mundane)jhana we have kusala jhaanacitta, vipaaka-
jhaanacitta and kiriya jhaanacitta.
As to lokuttara jhaana, there are eight lokuttara cittas accompanied
by the factors of the first jhaana. This occurs, no matter whether
that person has first developed mundane jhana or not. The
concentration factor has the same intensity as the first jhaana, but
nibbaana is the object.

As to the fifth jhaana: there are three ruupajhaanacittas of the
fifth stage (kusasla, vipaaka kiriya), there are twelve aruupa-
jhaanacittas for the four stages of aruupajhaana, but they have the
same jhaanafactors as the fifth ruupa-jhaana. There are twelve,
because they are of the jaatis that are kusala, vipaaka and kiriya
for each of the four stages.
There are eight lokuttara jhaanacittas with jhaanafactors of the
fifth ruupajhaana. Altogether these are twentythree fold.
Nina.
Op 15-jun-2007, om 22:18 heeft bhagatyojana het volgende geschreven:

> "Ekadasavidham tsama - pathamadikam'iritam
>
> Jhanam'ekekam ante tu -tevisatividham bhave "
>
> translated by Narada Thera as
>
> " Thus the Jhanas begining from the first amount to eleven, they say.
> The last Jhana(i.e. the fifth) totals twenty-three"
>
> Please explain how we arrive at the above mentioned number of
> Jhanas and
> which are they?

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