Why is the first *jhana* omitted from MN 125 ?
How is this omission related to the context of that sutta?
> As the placing of the mind and keeping it connected are stilled, they enter and remain in the second absorption …
> *So vitakkavicārānaṁ vūpasamā ajjhattaṁ sampasādanaṁ cetaso ekodibhāvaṁ avitakkaṁ avicāraṁ samādhijaṁ pītisukhaṁ dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ …*
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> third absorption …
> *tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ …*
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> fourth absorption.
> *catutthaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.*
> MN 125
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