Trance is just trance, bliss is really bliss, jhana is just so
jhana..
"Suppose
that a man, wounded and festering, were to go into a
swampy jungle. Its sharp-bladed grasses would pierce his feet; its
thorns would scratch his festering sores. And so, from that cause,
he would experience an even greater measure of pain and
unhappiness. In the same way, there is the case where a certain
monk, having gone to a village or to the wilderness, meets up with
someone who upbraids him: 'This venerable one, acting in this way,
undertaking practices in this way, is a thorn of impurity in this
village.' Knowing this person to be a thorn, one should understand
restraint and lack of restraint.
"And what is lack of restraint? There is the case where a monk,
seeing a form with the eye, is obsessed with pleasing forms, is
repelled by unpleasing forms, and remains with body-mindfulness
unestablished, with limited awareness. He does not discern, as it
actually is present, the awareness-release, the discernment-release
where any evil, unskillful mental qualities that have arisen
utterly cease without remainder.
"Hearing a sound with the ear...
"Smelling an aroma with the nose...
"Tasting a flavor with the tongue...
"Touching a tactile sensation with the body...
"Cognizing an idea with the intellect, he is obsessed with
pleasing ideas, is repelled by unpleasing ideas, and remains with
body-mindfulness unestablished, with limited awareness. He does not
discern, as it actually is present, the awareness-release, the
discernment-release where any evil, unskillful mental qualities
that have arisen utterly cease without remainder.
"Just as if a
person, catching six animals of different ranges, of
different habitats, were to bind them with a strong rope. Catching
a snake, he would bind it with a strong rope. Catching a
crocodile... a bird... a dog... a hyena... a monkey, he would bind
it with a strong rope. Binding them all with a strong rope, and
tying a knot in the middle, he would set chase to them.
"Then those six animals, of different ranges, of different
habitats, would each pull toward its own range & habitat. The
snake would pull, thinking, 'I'll go into the anthill.' The
crocodile would pull, thinking, 'I'll go into the water.' The bird
would pull, thinking, 'I'll fly up into the air.' The dog would
pull, thinking, 'I'll go into the village.' The hyena would pull,
thinking, 'I'll go into the charnel ground.' The monkey would pull,
thinking, 'I'll go into the forest.' And when these six animals
became internally exhausted, they would submit, they would
surrender, they would come under the sway of whichever among them
was the strongest. In the same way, when a monk whose mindfulness
immersed in the body is undeveloped & unpursued, the eye pulls
toward pleasing forms, while unpleasing forms are repellent. The
ear pulls toward pleasing sounds... The nose pulls toward pleasing
aromas... The tongue pulls toward pleasing flavors... The body
pulls toward pleasing tactile sensations... The intellect pulls
toward pleasing ideas, while unpleasing ideas are repellent. This,
monks, is lack of restraint.
"And what is
restraint? There is the case where a monk, seeing a form
with the eye, is not obsessed with pleasing forms, is not repelled
by unpleasing forms, and remains with body-mindfulness established,
with immeasurable awareness. He discerns, as it actually is
present, the awareness-release, the discernment-release where all
evil, unskillful mental qualities that have arisen utterly cease
without remainder.
"Hearing a sound with the ear...
"Smelling an aroma with the nose...
"Tasting a flavor with the tongue...
"Touching a tactile sensation with the body...
"Cognizing an idea with the intellect, he is not obsessed with
pleasing ideas, is not repelled by unpleasing ideas, and remains
with body-mindfulness established, with immeasurable awareness. He
discerns, as it actually is present, the awareness-release, the
discernment-release where all evil, unskillful mental qualities
that have arisen utterly cease without remainder.
"Just as if a person, catching six animals of different ranges,
of different habitats, were to bind them with a strong rope.
Catching a snake, he would bind it with a strong rope. Catching a
crocodile... a bird... a dog... a hyena... a monkey, he would bind
it with a strong rope. Binding them all with a strong rope, he
would tether them to a strong post or stake.[1]
"Then those six animals, of different ranges, of different
habitats, would each pull toward its own range & habitat. The
snake would pull, thinking, 'I'll go into the anthill.' The
crocodile would pull, thinking, 'I'll go into the water.' The bird
would pull, thinking, 'I'll fly up into the air.' The dog would
pull, thinking, 'I'll go into the village.' The hyena would pull,
thinking, 'I'll go into the charnel ground.' The monkey would pull,
thinking, 'I'll go into the forest.' And when these six animals
became internally exhausted, they would stand, sit, or lie down
right there next to the post or stake. In the same way, when a monk
whose mindfulness immersed in the body is developed & pursued,
the eye does not pull toward pleasing forms, and unpleasing forms
are not repellent. The ear does not pull toward pleasing sounds...
The nose does not pull toward pleasing aromas... The tongue does
not pull toward pleasing flavors... The body does not pull toward
pleasing tactile sensations... The intellect does not pull toward
pleasing ideas, and unpleasing ideas are not repellent. This,
monks, is restraint.