These two stages are associated with
a buoyant exaltation (_piti_) and a steady inward bliss called sukha
[Footnote ref 1] instilling the mind. The formation of this first
jhana roots out five ties of avijja, kamacchando (dallying with
desires), vyapado (hatred), thinamiddham (sloth and torpor),
uddhaccakukkuccam (pride and restlessness), and vicikiccha (doubt).
The five elements of which this jhana is constituted are vitakka,
vicara, plti, sukham and ekaggata (one pointedness).
When the sage masters the first jhana he finds it defective
and wants to enter into the second meditation (_dutiyam jhanam_),
where there is neither any vitakka nor vicara of the first jhana,
but the mind is in one unruffled state (_ekodibhavam_). It is a
much steadier state and does not possess the movement which
characterized the vitakka and the vicara stages of the first jhana
and is therefore a very placid state (_vitakka-vicarakkhobha-virahe@na
ativiya acalata suppasannata ca_). It is however associated
with piti, sukha and ekaggata as the first jhana was.
When the second jhana is mastered the sage becomes disinclined
towards the enjoyment of the piti of that stage and becomes
indifferent to them (_upekkhako_).
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