Friend Hugo asked:

    >How can one know that one has attained 1st. Jhana?

   Thanx for a quite good core meditation question...
   Answer: By carefully evaluating these criteria:

           Absence of bodily pain.
           Absence of sense desire.
           _ _Absence of ill will.
           _ _Absence of lethargy & laziness.
           _ _Absence of restlessness & regret.
           _ _Absence of doubt & uncertainty.
           _ _Presence of directed thought.
           Presence of sustained thinking.
           Presence of thrilled joy.
           Presence of pleasurable happiness.
           Presence of unified single-pointed focus.
           Maintenance of the state for > ~30 secs.

More details & canonical references on:
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/Requisites_for_Jhana_Absorption.htm
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/Details_of_the_Jhana_Absorptions.htm
 

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