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Majjhima Nikāya 77

Mahāsakuludāyisutta

The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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just asSeyyathāpi indeednāma flax flowerumāpupphaṁ bluenīlaṁ blue-colorednīlavaṇṇaṁ blue-appearingnīlanidassanaṁ blue-gleamingnīlanibhāsaṁ, just asseyyathā orvā thenpana thattaṁ clothvatthaṁ from Varanasibārāṇaseyyakaṁ smoothed on both sidesubhatobhāgavimaṭṭhaṁ bluenīlaṁ blue-colorednīlavaṇṇaṁ blue-appearingnīlanidassanaṁ blue-gleamingnīlanibhāsaṁ;
in the same wayevameva internallyajjhattaṁ not perceiving formarūpasaññī someoneeko externallybahiddhā formsrūpāni seespassati bluenīlāni blue-colorednīlavaṇṇāni blue-appearingnīlanidassanāni blue-gleamingnīlanibhāsāni.
them‘Tāni masteringabhibhuyya I knowjānāmi, I seepassāmī’ti thusevaṁ perceivingsaññī ishoti.
thisIdaṁ fifthpañcamaṁ dimension of masteryabhibhāyatanaṁ.
internallyAjjhattaṁ not perceiving formarūpasaññī someoneeko externallybahiddhā formsrūpāni seespassati yellowpītāni yellow-coloredpītavaṇṇāni yellow-appearingpītanidassanāni yellow-gleamingpītanibhāsāni.
just asSeyyathāpi indeednāma champak flowerkaṇikārapupphaṁ yellowpītaṁ yellow-coloredpītavaṇṇaṁ yellow-appearingpītanidassanaṁ yellow-gleamingpītanibhāsaṁ, just asseyyathā orvā thenpana thattaṁ clothvatthaṁ from Varanasibārāṇaseyyakaṁ smoothed on both sidesubhatobhāgavimaṭṭhaṁ yellowpītaṁ yellow-coloredpītavaṇṇaṁ yellow-appearingpītanidassanaṁ yellow-gleamingpītanibhāsaṁ;
in the same wayevameva internallyajjhattaṁ not perceiving formarūpasaññī someoneeko externallybahiddhā formsrūpāni seespassati yellowpītāni yellow-coloredpītavaṇṇāni yellow-appearingpītanidassanāni yellow-gleamingpītanibhāsāni.
them‘Tāni masteringabhibhuyya I knowjānāmi, I seepassāmī’ti thusevaṁ perceivingsaññī ishoti.
thisIdaṁ sixthchaṭṭhaṁ dimension of masteryabhibhāyatanaṁ.
internallyAjjhattaṁ not perceiving formarūpasaññī someoneeko externallybahiddhā formsrūpāni seespassati redlohitakāni red-coloredlohitakavaṇṇāni red-appearinglohitakanidassanāni red-gleaminglohitakanibhāsāni.

just asSeyyathāpi as it werenāma a scarlet mallow flowerbandhujīvakapupphaṁ redlohitakaṁ with red colorlohitakavaṇṇaṁ with red appearancelohitakanidassanaṁ with red appearancelohitakanibhāsaṁ, just asseyyathā orvā andpana thattaṁ clothvatthaṁ from Varanasibārāṇaseyyakaṁ smoothed on both sidesubhatobhāgavimaṭṭhaṁ redlohitakaṁ with red colorlohitakavaṇṇaṁ with red appearancelohitakanidassanaṁ with red appearancelohitakanibhāsaṁ;
in the same wayevameva internallyajjhattaṁ not perceiving formarūpasaññī oneeko externallybahiddhā formsrūpāni seespassati redlohitakāni with red colorlohitakavaṇṇāni with red appearancelohitakanidassanāni with red appearancelohitakanibhāsāni.
having mastered them‘Tāni masteringabhibhuyya I knowjānāmi, I seepassāmī’ti thusevaṁ perceivingsaññī ishoti.
thisIdaṁ seventhsattamaṁ dimension of masteryabhibhāyatanaṁ.
internallyAjjhattaṁ not perceiving formarūpasaññī oneeko externallybahiddhā formsrūpāni seespassati whiteodātāni with white colorodātavaṇṇāni with white appearanceodātanidassanāni with white appearanceodātanibhāsāni.
just asSeyyathāpi as it werenāma the morning starosadhitārakā whiteodātā with white colorodātavaṇṇā with white appearanceodātanidassanā with white appearanceodātanibhāsā, just asseyyathā orvā andpana thattaṁ clothvatthaṁ from Varanasibārāṇaseyyakaṁ smoothed on both sidesubhatobhāgavimaṭṭhaṁ whiteodātaṁ with white colorodātavaṇṇaṁ with white appearanceodātanidassanaṁ with white appearanceodātanibhāsaṁ;
in the same wayevameva internallyajjhattaṁ not perceiving formarūpasaññī oneeko externallybahiddhā formsrūpāni seespassati whiteodātāni with white colorodātavaṇṇāni with white appearanceodātanidassanāni with white appearanceodātanibhāsāni.
having mastered them‘Tāni masteringabhibhuyya I knowjānāmi, I seepassāmī’ti thus perceivingevaṁsaññī ishoti.
thisIdaṁ eighthaṭṭhamaṁ dimension of masteryabhibhāyatanaṁ.
thereTatra andca thenpana myme disciplessāvakā manybahū having attained perfection and consummation of insightabhiññāvosānapāramippattā meditateviharanti.

againPuna and furthercaparaṁ, Udāyīudāyi, explainedakkhātā by memayā to disciplessāvakānaṁ practicepaṭipadā, practicing accordinglyyathāpaṭipannā myme disciplessāvakā tendasa bases of totalitykasiṇāyatanāni developbhāventi.
one of earth-totalityPathavīkasiṇameko perceivessañjānāti above, belowuddhamadho acrosstiriyaṁ undividedadvayaṁ limitlessappamāṇaṁ;
one of water-totalityāpokasiṇameko perceivessañjānāti …pe……pe…
one of fire-totalitytejokasiṇameko perceivessañjānāti ……
one of air-totalityvāyokasiṇameko perceivessañjānāti ……
one of blue-totalitynīlakasiṇameko perceivessañjānāti ……
one of yellow-totalitypītakasiṇameko perceivessañjānāti ……
one of red-totalitylohitakasiṇameko perceivessañjānāti ……
one of white-totalityodātakasiṇameko perceivessañjānāti ……
one of space-totalityākāsakasiṇameko perceivessañjānāti ……
one of consciousness-totalityviññāṇakasiṇameko perceivessañjānāti above, belowuddhamadho acrosstiriyaṁ undividedadvayaṁ limitlessappamāṇaṁ.
thereTatra andca indeedpana myme disciplessāvakā manybahū attained perfection and consummation of insightabhiññāvosānapāramippattā dwellviharanti.

againPuna furthermorecaparaṁ, Udāyīudāyi, explainedakkhātā by memayā to disciplessāvakānaṁ practicepaṭipadā, practicing accordinglyyathāpaṭipannā myme disciplessāvakā fourcattāri absorptionsjhānāni they developbhāventi.
here, UdāyīIdhudāyi, a mendicantbhikkhu quite secludedvivicceva from sensual pleasureskāmehi secludedvivicca from unskillfulakusalehi qualitiesdhammehi with placing the mindsavitakkaṁ with keeping it connectedsavicāraṁ born of seclusionvivekajaṁ rapture and blisspītisukhaṁ firstpaṭhamaṁ absorptionjhānaṁ having enteredupasampajja they remainviharati.
theySo this veryimameva bodykāyaṁ born of seclusionvivekajena with rapture and blisspītisukhena drenchesabhisandeti steepsparisandeti fillsparipūreti spreadsparippharati, there is not for themnāssa anykiñci of the entiresabbāvato bodykāyassa born of seclusionvivekajena with rapture and blisspītisukhena not spreadapphuṭaṁ ishoti.
just asSeyyathāpi, Udāyīudāyi, deftdakkho bathroom attendantnhāpako orvā apprentice bathroom attendantnhāpakantevāsī orvā in a bronze dishkaṁsathāle bath powdersnhānīyacuṇṇāni having pouredākiritvā with waterudakena sprinkling little by littleparipphosakaṁ sprinkling little by littleparipphosakaṁ they might kneadsanneyya, thatsāyaṁ ball of bath powdernhānīyapiṇḍi soaked with moisturesnehānugatā saturated with moisturesnehaparetā inside and outsantarabāhirā spread throughphuṭā with moisturesnehena notna andca oozing outpagghariṇī;
in the same wayevameva indeedkho, Udāyīudāyi, a mendicantbhikkhu this veryimameva bodykāyaṁ born of seclusionvivekajena with rapture and blisspītisukhena drenchesabhisandeti steepsparisandeti fillsparipūreti spreadsparippharati, there is not for themnāssa anykiñci of the entiresabbāvato bodykāyassa born of seclusionvivekajena with rapture and blisspītisukhena not spreadapphuṭaṁ ishoti.

againPuna and furthercaparaṁ, Udāyīudāyi, a mendicantbhikkhu of placing the mind and keeping it connectedvitakkavicārānaṁ by the stillingvūpasamā internallyajjhattaṁ with claritysampasādanaṁ ……pe… seconddutiyaṁ absorptionjhānaṁ having enteredupasampajja they remainviharati.
theySo this veryimameva bodykāyaṁ born of immersionsamādhijena with rapture and blisspītisukhena drenchesabhisandeti steepsparisandeti fillsparipūreti spreadsparippharati, there is not for itnāssa anykiñci of the wholesabbāvato of the bodykāyassa born of immersionsamādhijena with rapture and blisspītisukhena spreadapphuṭaṁ ishoti.
just as ifSeyyathāpi, Udāyīudāyi, a lakeudakarahado deepgambhīro fed by spring waterubbhidodako. for itTassa there would not benevassa from the easternpuratthimāya directiondisāya of waterudakassa an inletāyamukhaṁ, notna from the westernpacchimāya directiondisāya of waterudakassa an inletāyamukhaṁ, notna from the northernuttarāya directiondisāya of waterudakassa an inletāyamukhaṁ, notna from the southerndakkhiṇāya directiondisāya of waterudakassa an inletāyamukhaṁ, the heavensdevo andca notna from timekālena to timekālaṁ properlysammā showersdhāraṁ would bestowanuppaveccheyya;
thenatha indeedkho from that verytamhāva lakeudakarahadā coolsītā stream of watervāridhārā having welled upubbhijjitvā that verytameva lakeudakarahadaṁ with coolsītena watervārinā would drenchabhisandeyya would steepparisandeyya would fillparipūreyya would spreadparipphareyya, there would not be for itnāssa anykiñci of the wholesabbāvato of the lakeudakarahadassa with coolsītena watervārinā spreadapphuṭaṁ would beassa.

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