an.6.74 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

First Absorption (2nd)

“Mendicants, without giving up these six qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption.
What six?
Sensual, malicious, and cruel thoughts; and sensual, malicious, and cruel perceptions.
Without giving up these six qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption.
But after giving up these six qualities you can enter and remain in the first absorption.
What six?
Sensual, malicious, and cruel thoughts; and sensual, malicious, and cruel perceptions.
After giving up these six qualities you can enter and remain in the first absorption.”