Devanussati: Recollecting the Devas in Practice

[frankk]

look at recollection #6 in this sutta, in my unellided expansion of AN 6.10
Whatever teachings of devata-anu-ssati exist in EBT are probably all based on that short passage.

AN 6.10 buddha, dhamma, sangha recollection V&V -> 7sb -> 4 jhanas

V&V (vitakka & vicara) = directed-thought & evaluations. V&V is implicit in this sutta. I’ve built a “no peyyāla” un-elided version of the sutta and clearly labeled the 7sb (awakening factors) so you can see how it leads to the 4j (jhanas), and how V&V from first jhana is not “placing the mind & keeping it connected”. It needs to “thinking” to have meaning. The terms V&V are not explicitly stated in the sutta, but the fact that each of the recollections is a long series of thoughts in quotati…