The Analysis of the Elements · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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having four foundations‘Caturādhiṭṭhāno
thisayaṁ,
monkbhikkhu,
person + quotation markerpuriso’ti—
thusiti
indeedkho
now + thispanetaṁ
was saidvuttaṁ.
why + thisKiñcetaṁ
because ofpaṭicca
was saidvuttaṁ?
foundation of wisdomPaññādhiṭṭhāno,
foundation of truthsaccādhiṭṭhāno,
foundation of generositycāgādhiṭṭhāno,
foundation of peaceupasamādhiṭṭhāno.
four·foundation‘Caturādhiṭṭhāno
thisayaṁ,
monkbhikkhu,
person + quotation markerpuriso’ti—
thusiti
whichyaṁ
thattaṁ
was saidvuttaṁ
this + thisidametaṁ
because ofpaṭicca
was saidvuttaṁ.
wisdom‘Paññaṁ
should not neglectnappamajjeyya,
should preserve truthsaccamanurakkheyya,
should foster generositycāgamanubrūheyya,
peace·onlysantimeva
heso
should trainsikkheyyā’ti—
thusiti
indeedkho
thispanetaṁ
was saidvuttaṁ.
why·thisKiñcetaṁ
with reference topaṭicca
was saidvuttaṁ?
how + andKathañca,
monkbhikkhu,
wisdompaññaṁ
not + neglectnappamajjati?
six + these + theseChayimā,
monkbhikkhu,
elementsdhātuyo—
earth·elementpathavīdhātu,
water·elementāpodhātu,
fire·elementtejodhātu,
air·elementvāyodhātu,
space·elementākāsadhātu,
consciousness·elementviññāṇadhātu.
whatKatamā
andca,
monkbhikkhu,
earth·elementpathavīdhātu?
earth elementPathavīdhātu
may besiyā
interiorajjhattikā
may besiyā
exteriorbāhirā.
whatKatamā
andca,
monkbhikkhu,
interiorajjhattikā
earth·elementpathavīdhātu?
whateverYaṁ
internalajjhattaṁ
personalpaccattaṁ
hardkakkhaḷaṁ
solid·becomekharigataṁ
appropriatedupādinnaṁ,
that isseyyathidaṁ—
head hairkesā
body hairlomā
nailsnakhā
teethdantā
skintaco
fleshmaṁsaṁ
sinewsnhāru
bonesaṭṭhi
bone·marrowaṭṭhimiñjaṁ
kidneysvakkaṁ
hearthadayaṁ
liveryakanaṁ
diaphragmkilomakaṁ
spleenpihakaṁ
lungspapphāsaṁ
intestinesantaṁ
intestine·cordantaguṇaṁ
undigested foodudariyaṁ
feceskarīsaṁ,
whateveryaṁ
orvā
elsepanaññampi
anykiñci
internalajjhattaṁ
personalpaccattaṁ
hardkakkhaḷaṁ
solid·becomekharigataṁ
appropriatedupādinnaṁ—
thisayaṁ
is calledvuccati,
monkbhikkhu,
interiorajjhattikā
earth·elementpathavīdhātu.
theYā
butceva
indeedkho
nowpana
interiorajjhattikā
earth·elementpathavīdhātu
theyā
andca
exteriorbāhirā
earth·elementpathavīdhātu
just the earth elementpathavīdhāturevesā.
this‘Taṁ
not thisnetaṁ
minemama
this I am notnesohamasmi
notna
of mine·thismeso
selfattā’ti—evametaṁ
as·becomeyathābhūtaṁ
with right understandingsammappaññāya
should be seendaṭṭhabbaṁ.
thus·thisEvametaṁ
as·becomeyathābhūtaṁ
with right understandingsammappaññāya
having seendisvā
earth·elementpathavīdhātuyā
grows disillusionednibbindati,
earth·elementpathavīdhātuyā
mindcittaṁ
detachesvirājeti.
whichKatamā
andca,
monkbhikkhu,
water·elementāpodhātu?
water·elementĀpodhātu
may besiyā
interiorajjhattikā
may besiyā
exteriorbāhirā.
whichKatamā
andca,
monkbhikkhu,
interiorajjhattikā
water·elementāpodhātu?
whateverYaṁ
internalajjhattaṁ
personalpaccattaṁ
waterāpo
water·goneāpogataṁ
appropriatedupādinnaṁ
as·thisseyyathidaṁ—
bilepittaṁ
phlegmsemhaṁ
puspubbo
bloodlohitaṁ
sweatsedo
fatmedo
tearsassu
greasevasā
salivakheḷo
snotsiṅghāṇikā
synovial fluidlasikā
urinemuttaṁ,
whateveryaṁ
orvā
and whatever elsepanaññampi
anythingkiñci
internalajjhattaṁ
personalpaccattaṁ
waterāpo
water·goneāpogataṁ
appropriatedupādinnaṁ—
thisayaṁ
is calledvuccati,
monkbhikkhu,
interiorajjhattikā
water·elementāpodhātu.
whichYā
andceva
indeedkho
andpana
interiorajjhattikā
water·elementāpodhātu
whichyā
andca
exteriorbāhirā
water·elementāpodhātu
water·element·justāpodhāturevesā.
this‘Taṁ
not·thisnetaṁ
minemama,
not·this·I·amnesohamasmi,
notna
my·thismeso
self; thus thisattā’ti—evametaṁ
as·becomeyathābhūtaṁ
with right understandingsammappaññāya
should be seendaṭṭhabbaṁ.
thus thisEvametaṁ
as·becomeyathābhūtaṁ
with right understandingsammappaññāya
having seendisvā
water·elementāpodhātuyā
grows disillusionednibbindati,
water·elementāpodhātuyā
mindcittaṁ
detachesvirājeti.
whatKatamā
andca,
monkbhikkhu,
fire·elementtejodhātu?
fire·elementTejodhātu
may besiyā
interiorajjhattikā
may besiyā
exteriorbāhirā.
whatKatamā
andca,
monkbhikkhu,
interiorajjhattikā
fire·elementtejodhātu?
whichYaṁ
internalajjhattaṁ
personalpaccattaṁ
firetejo
fire·gonetejogataṁ
appropriatedupādinnaṁ,
that is to sayseyyathidaṁ—
by whichyena
andca
warmssantappati,
by whichyena
andca
agesjīrīyati,
by whichyena
andca
around·burnpariḍayhati,
by whichyena
andca
eaten·drunk·chewed·tastedasitapītakhāyitasāyitaṁ
properlysammā
digestionpariṇāmaṁ
goesgacchati,
whichyaṁ
orvā
and whatever elsepanaññampi
anythingkiñci
internalajjhattaṁ
personalpaccattaṁ
firetejo
fire·gonetejogataṁ
appropriatedupādinnaṁ—
thisayaṁ
is calledvuccati,
monkbhikkhu,
interiorajjhattikā
fire·elementtejodhātu.
whichYā
andceva
indeedkho
andpana
interiorajjhattikā
fire·elementtejodhātu
whichyā
andca
exteriorbāhirā
fire·elementtejodhātu
are just the fire elementtejodhāturevesā.
This‘Taṁ
this is notnetaṁ
minemama,
I am not thisnesohamasmi,
notna
this is mymeso
self·quotation marker·thus·thisattā’ti—evametaṁ
according·trueyathābhūtaṁ
with right understandingsammappaññāya
should be seendaṭṭhabbaṁ.
thus·thisEvametaṁ
according·trueyathābhūtaṁ
with right understandingsammappaññāya
having seendisvā
fire·elementtejodhātuyā
grows disillusionednibbindati,
fire·elementtejodhātuyā
mindcittaṁ
detachesvirājeti.
whatKatamā
andca,
monkbhikkhu,
air·elementvāyodhātu?
air·elementVāyodhātu
may besiyā
interiorajjhattikā
may besiyā
exteriorbāhirā.
whatKatamā
andca,
monkbhikkhu,
interiorajjhattikā
air elementvāyodhātu?
whichYaṁ
internalajjhattaṁ
personalpaccattaṁ
airvāyo
airyvāyogataṁ
appropriatedupādinnaṁ,
that isseyyathidaṁ—
up·goinguddhaṅgamā
windsvātā
down·goingadhogamā
windsvātā
belly·dwellingkucchisayā
windsvātā
bowels·dwellingkoṭṭhāsayā
windsvātā
limb·limb·flowing-throughaṅgamaṅgānusārino
windsvātā
in-breathassāso
out-breathpassāso
thusiti,
whichyaṁ
orvā
or anything elsepanaññampi
anythingkiñci
internalajjhattaṁ
personalpaccattaṁ
airvāyo
airyvāyogataṁ
appropriatedupādinnaṁ—
thisayaṁ
is calledvuccati,
monkbhikkhu,
interiorajjhattikā
air elementvāyodhātu.
whicheverYā
andceva
indeedkho
andpana
interiorajjhattikā
air elementvāyodhātu
whicheveryā
andca
exteriorbāhirā
air elementvāyodhātu
are just the air elementvāyodhāturevesā.
this‘Taṁ
this is notnetaṁ
minemama,
I am not thisnesohamasmi,
notna
this ismeso
self'—thus thisattā’ti—evametaṁ
as it truly isyathābhūtaṁ
with right understandingsammappaññāya
should be seendaṭṭhabbaṁ.
thus thisEvametaṁ
as it truly isyathābhūtaṁ
with right understandingsammappaññāya
having seendisvā
with the air elementvāyodhātuyā
grow disillusionednibbindati,
with the air elementvāyodhātuyā
mindcittaṁ
detachesvirājeti.
whatKatamā
andca,
monkbhikkhu,
space·elementākāsadhātu?
space·elementĀkāsadhātu
may besiyā
interiorajjhattikā
may besiyā
exteriorbāhirā.
whatKatamā
andca,
monkbhikkhu,
interiorajjhattikā
space·elementākāsadhātu?
whichYaṁ
internalajjhattaṁ
personalpaccattaṁ
spaceākāsaṁ
space·becomeākāsagataṁ
appropriatedupādinnaṁ,
that isseyyathidaṁ—
ear·openingkaṇṇacchiddaṁ
nose·openingnāsacchiddaṁ
mouth·doormukhadvāraṁ
through whichyena
andca
eaten·drunk·chewed·tastedasitapītakhāyitasāyitaṁ
down·carryajjhoharati,
whereyattha
andca
eaten·drunk·chewed·tastedasitapītakhāyitasāyitaṁ
together·standsantiṭṭhati,
through whichyena
andca
eaten·drunk·chewed·tastedasitapītakhāyitasāyitaṁ
down·partadhobhāgaṁ
out·gonikkhamati,
whichyaṁ
orvā
and then furtherpanaññampi
anykiñci
internalajjhattaṁ
personalpaccattaṁ
spaceākāsaṁ
space·becomeākāsagataṁ
hollowaghaṁ
hollow·becomeaghagataṁ
openingvivaraṁ
opening·becomevivaragataṁ
not·touchedasamphuṭṭhaṁ
flesh·bloodmaṁsalohitehi
appropriatedupādinnaṁ—
thisayaṁ
is calledvuccati,
monkbhikkhu,
interiorajjhattikā
space·elementākāsadhātu.
whichYā
andceva
indeedkho
and thenpana
interiorajjhattikā
space·elementākāsadhātu
whichyā
andca
exteriorbāhirā
space·elementākāsadhātu
space·element·just thisākāsadhāturevesā.
quotation marker·this‘Taṁ
not·thisnetaṁ
minemama,
not·this·I·benesohamasmi,
notna
my·thismeso
self·quotation marker·thus·just·this + thisattā’ti—evametaṁ
as·becomeyathābhūtaṁ
right·understandingsammappaññāya
should be seendaṭṭhabbaṁ.
thus·this·thisEvametaṁ
as·becomeyathābhūtaṁ
right·understandingsammappaññāya
having seendisvā
space·elementākāsadhātuyā
grow disillusionednibbindati,
space·elementākāsadhātuyā
mindcittaṁ
detachesvirājeti.
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