In the gradual training, just before the description of the jhānas, frequently the suttas say, “When one sees that the five hindrances have been abandoned within oneself, gladness arises.” In other words, when you generate access concentration, the gladness referred to here (the Pali word is pāmojja) is the mental state generated by the pleasant sensation that you’re to put your attention on after having stabilized and deepened access concentration. With the hindrances out of the way, this is a pretty nice state. “From gladness, rapture arises”: rapture (pīti) being the primary ingredient of
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