The above explains why it is only the Ariya fourth jhana that can be defined as the peak of Samma Samadhi.
- If an Anagami can get there, they are almost at Arahanthood.
- See the current post “Sammā Samādhi – How to Define It?“
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P.S. We all had cultivated rupa jhana and arupa samapatti countless times in our deep past. Most of us are still trapped in this rebirth process among the 31 realms.
- That is just moving from realm to realm among the 31 realms in the world. Any anariya rupa jhana and arupa samapatti belong to the world, not a part of Nibbana.
- If one can attain the Sotapanna stage, that surpasses any jhana or samapatti, because it is when one breaks free from the trap. Of course, one can use an anariya jhana to attain the Sotapanna stage by seeing the anicca nature of that jhana and moving into the Satipatthana Bhumi.
