In Pleasantness

1. At one time venerable Mahamoggallana was living in the monastery offered by Anathapindika in Jeta's grove in Savatthi.

2. “Venerable Mahamoggallana addressed the monks from there: “Friends, monks!”

Those monks responded pleasantly.

3. “Friends, this thought and thought process arose to me in my seclusion; it is said the third high stage of the mind. What is the third high stage of the mind?

4. “Friends, then it occurred to me the monk abides with equanimity to joy and impartiality and becoming mindful and aware experiences pleasantness with the body too. The noble ones call it abiding pleasantly in equanimity, this is abiding in the third high stage of the mind.

5. “Friends, then I abode with equanimity to joy and impartiality and mindful and aware experienced pleasantness with the body too. I attained to the third high stage of mind. Noble ones call it abiding pleasantly in equanimity. When abiding in the third high stage of the mind, perceptions of joy assailed me.

6. “Then the Blessed One approached me by psychic power and said: `Moggallana, Noble Man! Do not be negligent! Establish, concentrate and bring the mind to one point in the third high stage.'

7. “Friends, in the meantime I abode with equanimity to joy and impartiality and mindful and aware experienced pleasantness with the body too. I attained to the third high stage of the mind; the noble ones call it abiding pleasantly in equanimity.

8. “Friends, saying it correctly, I am the disciple, who attained great wisdom, with the compassionate help of the Teacher.”