1.
Discourse on Attainment Rooted in Concentration
662.
At Sāvatthī.
"Monks, there are these four meditators.
Which four?
Here, monks, a certain meditator is skilled in concentration regarding concentration, but not skilled in attainment regarding concentration.
Here again, monks, a certain meditator is skilled in attainment regarding concentration, but not skilled in concentration regarding concentration.
Here again, monks, a certain meditator is neither skilled in concentration regarding concentration, nor skilled in attainment regarding concentration.
Here again, monks, a certain meditator is both skilled in concentration regarding concentration and skilled in attainment regarding concentration.
Therein, monks, the meditator who is both skilled in concentration regarding concentration and skilled in attainment regarding concentration is the foremost and the best and the chief and the highest and the most excellent among these four meditators.
Just as, monks, from a cow comes milk, from milk comes curds, from curds comes butter, from butter comes ghee, from ghee comes the cream of ghee, and therein the cream of ghee is declared the foremost;
so too, monks, the meditator who is both skilled in concentration regarding concentration and skilled in attainment regarding concentration is the foremost and the best and the chief and the highest and the most excellent among these four meditators."
The first.