Numbered Discourses 7.40

4. Deities

Mastery of the Mind (1st)

“Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu with seven qualities masters their mind and is not mastered by it. What seven? It’s when a bhikkhu is skilled at samādhi, skilled in entering samādhi, skilled in remaining in samādhi, skilled in emerging from samādhi, skilled in gladdening the mind for samādhi, skilled in the meditation subjects for samādhi, and skilled in projecting the mind purified by samādhi. A bhikkhu with these seven qualities masters their mind and is not mastered by it.”