The Buddha addressing the mendicants (by cross-reference)
Form
A peyyāla stub, identical in shape to SN 34.11–16
Length
under a minute to read
Northern parallel
A rough counterpart may exist in the Chinese Saṃyukta-āgama (T99), though this reading guide does not assert a specific matching sutra number
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — understood only alongside SN 34.1 and SN 34.11
Why this discourse
The seventh combination built on entering: samāpatti ("entering") paired against sakkaccakārī ("practicing carefully") — the first of entering's own three pairings with the -kārī cluster of manner-of-practice qualities.
Reading guide
A technical skill meeting a quality of attention
This pairing compares entering — a specific structural competence — against sakkaccakārī, a quality describing how one practices generally, echoing SN 34.13's own earlier cross into disposition.
Opening entering's own final trio of pairings
This discourse begins the last three pairings in entering's own combinatorial set (SN 34.17–19), each pairing entering against one member of the -kārī cluster: carefulness, persistence, and conducive.
Seventh of nine, entering's own combinatorial set nearly done
With this discourse, only two further pairings remain before this saṃyutta moves on to remaining as its own next combinatorial anchor at SN 34.20.
The same compressed shape, unbroken
As with the preceding six discourses in this combinatorial set, this discourse compresses to a single surviving line, the underlying structure carried over by cross-reference to SN 34.1.
Key terms
samāpatti — entering — this combinatorial set's own shared anchor quality
sakkaccakārī — practicing carefully — the second quality named in this specific discourse, the first of the -kārī cluster
abhinīhāra — projecting — the previous discourse's own second quality, replaced here by sakkaccakārī
peyyāla — an elision mark — here compressing both the fourfold structure and the closing simile to a single surviving line
jhāyī — meditator — the general term for the four types this discourse classifies, by cross-reference to SN 34.1
The text
The discourse as the source itself preserves it, compressed to its opening line. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, there are these four meditators. What four? One meditator is skilled in entering immersion but not in practicing carefully for it. …”
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Self-check quiz
5 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 5
What two qualities does this discourse pair?
Correct: A. A structural competence compared against a manner-of-practice quality.
Question 2 of 5
What trio of pairings does this discourse open?
Correct: A. The last three pairings in entering's own combinatorial set.
Question 3 of 5
Where does this discourse fall in entering's own combinatorial set?
Correct: A. Only two further pairings remain after this one.
Question 4 of 5
What happens after entering's own combinatorial set is fully complete?
Correct: A. Continuing the systematic combinatorial sweep through all ten qualities.
Question 5 of 5
Where is this discourse set?
Correct: A. Consistent with this saṃyutta's other discourses, though given here only by cross-reference.
