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Majjhima Nikāya 108

Gopakamoggallānasutta

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a meditatorJhāyī andceva thatso Masterbhavaṁ Gotamagotamo toward·beahosi meditation·habitjhānasīlī andca.
all·and·andSabbañca thenpana thatso Masterbhavaṁ Gotamagotamo meditationjhānaṁ praisedvaṇṇesī”ti.

not“Na andca indeedkho, brahminbrāhmaṇa, thatso Blessed Onebhagavā allsabbaṁ meditationjhānaṁ praisedvaṇṇesi, nor didnapi thatso Blessed Onebhagavā allsabbaṁ meditationjhānaṁ notna praisedvaṇṇesīti.
what kindKathaṁ and what formrūpañca, brahminbrāhmaṇa, thatso Blessed Onebhagavā meditationjhānaṁ notna praisedvaṇṇesi?
hereIdha, brahminbrāhmaṇa, someoneekacco sensual desire·overcomekāmarāgapariyuṭṭhitena with mindcetasā dwellsviharati mired in sensual desirekāmarāgaparetena, arisenuppannassa andca of sensual desirekāmarāgassa escapenissaraṇaṁ trulyyathābhūtaṁ does not understandnappajānāti;
heso sensual desire·itselfkāmarāgaṁyeva withinantaraṁ having madekaritvā meditatesjhāyati concentratespajjhāyati contemplatesnijjhāyati ruminatesapajjhāyati.
overcome by ill willByāpādapariyuṭṭhitena with mindcetasā dwellsviharati mired in ill willbyāpādaparetena, arisenuppannassa andca of ill willbyāpādassa escapenissaraṇaṁ trulyyathābhūtaṁ does not understandnappajānāti;
heso ill will·itselfbyāpādaṁyeva withinantaraṁ having madekaritvā meditatesjhāyati concentratespajjhāyati contemplatesnijjhāyati ruminatesapajjhāyati.
overcome by dullness and drowsinessThinamiddhapariyuṭṭhitena with mindcetasā dwellsviharati mired in dullness and drowsinessthinamiddhaparetena, arisenuppannassa andca of dullness and drowsinessthinamiddhassa escapenissaraṇaṁ trulyyathābhūtaṁ does not understandnappajānāti;
heso dullness and drowsiness itselfthinamiddhaṁyeva withinantaraṁ having madekaritvā meditatesjhāyati concentratespajjhāyati contemplatesnijjhāyati ruminatesapajjhāyati.
overcome by restlessness and remorseUddhaccakukkuccapariyuṭṭhitena with mindcetasā dwellsviharati mired in restlessness and remorseuddhaccakukkuccaparetena, arisenuppannassa andca of restlessness and remorseuddhaccakukkuccassa escapenissaraṇaṁ trulyyathābhūtaṁ does not understandnappajānāti;
heso restlessness and remorse itselfuddhaccakukkuccaṁyeva withinantaraṁ having madekaritvā meditatesjhāyati concentratespajjhāyati contemplatesnijjhāyati ruminatesapajjhāyati.

doubt·possessedVicikicchāpariyuṭṭhitena with mindcetasā they dwellviharati doubt·overcomevicikicchāparetena, arisenuppannāya andca from doubtvicikicchāya the escapenissaraṇaṁ as·realyathābhūtaṁ not·knownappajānāti;
theyso doubt·justvicikicchaṁyeva withinantaraṁ having madekaritvā they meditatejhāyati they concentratepajjhāyati they contemplatenijjhāyati they ruminate.apajjhāyati.
such·kindEvarūpaṁ indeed,kho, brahmin,brāhmaṇa, heso the Blessed Onebhagavā meditationjhānaṁ notna praised.vaṇṇesi.

how?Kathaṁ form + andrūpañca, brahminbrāhmaṇa, heso the Blessed Onebhagavā jhānajhānaṁ praised?vaṇṇesi?
hereIdha, brahminbrāhmaṇa, a bhikkhubhikkhu secluded + quitevivicceva from sensual pleasureskāmehi secludedvivicca from unskillfulakusalehi qualitiesdhammehi with placing the mindsavitakkaṁ with keeping it connectedsavicāraṁ born of seclusionvivekajaṁ rapture and blisspītisukhaṁ firstpaṭhamaṁ jhānajhānaṁ enters and remains inupasampajja they dwellviharati.
of placing the mind and keeping it connectedVitakkavicārānaṁ by the stillingvūpasamā internallyajjhattaṁ serenitysampasādanaṁ of mindcetaso oneness of mindekodibhāvaṁ without placing the mindavitakkaṁ without keeping it connectedavicāraṁ born of immersionsamādhijaṁ rapture and blisspītisukhaṁ seconddutiyaṁ jhānajhānaṁ ……
thirdtatiyaṁ jhānajhānaṁ ……
fourthcatutthaṁ jhānajhānaṁ enters and remains inupasampajja they dwellviharati.
suchEvarūpaṁ indeedkho, brahminbrāhmaṇa, heso the Blessed Onebhagavā jhānajhānaṁ praisedvaṇṇesī”ti.

deserving censure“Gārayhaṁ indeedkira, goodbho Ānandaānanda, heso worthybhavaṁ Gotamagotamo meditationjhānaṁ criticizedgarahi, deserving praisepāsaṁsaṁ praisedpasaṁsi.
wellHanda andca nowdāni wemayaṁ, goodbho Ānandaānanda, let us gogacchāma;
having many dutiesbahukiccā wemayaṁ having much to dobahukaraṇīyā”ti.
well“Yassadāni go at your conveniencetvaṁ, brahminbrāhmaṇa, timekālaṁ you thinkmaññasī”ti.
thenAtha indeedkho Vassakāravassakāro brahminbrāhmaṇo chief minister of Magadhamagadhamahāmatto venerableāyasmato of Ānandaānandassa speechbhāsitaṁ having approvedabhinanditvā having agreedanumoditvā rose from his seatuṭṭhāyāsanā leftpakkāmi.

thenAtha indeedkho Gopaka Moggallānagopakamoggallāno the brahminbrāhmaṇo soon·leftacirapakkante the Vassakāravassakāre the brahminbrāhmaṇe the Magadhan chief ministermagadhamahāmatte the venerableāyasmantaṁ Ānandaānandaṁ said thisetadavoca:
which“yaṁ ourno wemayaṁ worthybhavantaṁ Ānandaānandaṁ we askedapucchimhā thattaṁ to usno worthybhavaṁ Ānandaānando notna he explainedbyākāsī”ti.
didn't“Nanu to youte, brahminbrāhmaṇa, we saidavocumhā:
there is not‘natthi indeedkho, brahminbrāhmaṇa, one·mendicant·evenekabhikkhupi with thosetehi with qualitiesdhammehi with all·allsabbenasabbaṁ in every way·allsabbathāsabbaṁ endowed·gonesamannāgato with whichyehi with qualitiesdhammehi endowed·gonesamannāgato heso the Blessed Onebhagavā wasahosi the worthyarahaṁ the fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddho.
heSo forhi, brahminbrāhmaṇa, the Blessed Onebhagavā un-·arisenanuppannassa of the pathmaggassa the one who gave riseuppādetā, un-·bornasañjātassa of the pathmaggassa the one who gave birthsañjanetā, un-·explainedanakkhātassa of the pathmaggassa the one who explainedakkhātā, the knower of the pathmaggaññū, the discoverer of the pathmaggavidū, the expert on the pathmaggakovido.
following the pathMaggānugā andca nowpana nowetarahi disciplessāvakā they liveviharanti afterwardspacchā they acquire itsamannāgatā’”ti.
Gopakamoggallāna·discourseGopakamoggallānasuttaṁ is finishedniṭṭhitaṁ the eighthaṭṭhamaṁ.

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