Unwholesome Jhananga?

The cultivation of calm or tranquility and the development of concentration
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SarathW
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Unwholesome Jhananga?

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Interestingly I came across the answer to a question I was contemplating on for some time.
It appears Vitakka, Vicara, Pithi, Sukha, and Ekagata also applies to unwholesome mental states as well.
Is there a Sutta support for this?
The following video is in Sinhalese.


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Re: Unwholesome Jhananga?

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Darth Vader had a meditation chamber.... probably some unwholesome jhana going on in there.
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The information is in Table II., Formation- Group, Appendix, Buddhist Dictionary (also an appendix in the Vism.), where those formations are shown among the eleven general psychological elements, not necessarily unwholesome.
The source would be in the lists in the Abhidhamma, not in the suttas.
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JamesTheGiant wrote: Sat Jul 14, 2018 3:05 am Darth Vader had a meditation chamber.... probably some unwholesome jhana going on in there.
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Darth Vader is one of my role models.

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EDIT: thats a f*cking cool meditation chamber
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