Two questions on page One Hundred and Twenty, first,
Under what conditions can we say that a meditative experience is access concentration or absorption concentration?
Answer: When a yogi has bhavangas as evidenced by being distracted from the nimitta.
and second,
Is there access concentration as well as absorption concentration in each of the four jhanas?
Answer(s): There are four levels of each. In the first three of access there are the five factors. But in the fourth access jhana there is no bliss. In the first of absorption there are five factors, in the second of absorption there are three, in the third, only bliss and one-pointedness, and in the fourth, only equanimity and one-pointedness.
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