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“ Just as if a man were to set up that which has been thrown down, or were to reveal that, which has been hidden away, or were to point out the right road to him who has gone astray, or were to bring a light into the darkness so that those who have eyes could see external forms—just even so has the truth been made known to me, in many a figure, by the venerable Ānanda. ”

“ In our present Sutta—and the principal reason for its existence as a separate Sutta is that it points out just this—it is pointed out that Samādhi includes, it is true, the jhānas, but also other, and very different things. These are the habit of guarding the doors of one’s senses; constant mindfulness and self-possession ”

“ From the negative point of view it is said to include emancipation from ill-temper, inertness of mind and body, worry, and perplexity; from the positive point of view it is said to include a constant state of joy and peace. ”