Mahāsakuludāyisutta

Majjhima Nikāya 77

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

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thereTatra andca thenpana myme disciplessāvakā manybahū having attained perfection and consummation of insightabhiññāvosānapāramippattā they meditateviharanti.

againPuna furthermorecaparaṁ, Udāyīudāyi, explainedakkhātā by memayā to the disciplessāvakānaṁ a practicepaṭipadā, practicing accordinglyyathāpaṭipannā myme disciplessāvakā many kinds ofanekavihitaṁ psychic poweriddhividhaṁ they wield—onepaccanubhonti—ekopi having beenhutvā manifoldbahudhā they becomehonti, manifold toobahudhāpi having beenhutvā oneeko he becomeshoti; materializingāvibhāvaṁ, dematerializingtirobhāvaṁ; through a walltirokuṭṭaṁ through a ramparttiropākāraṁ through a mountaintiropabbataṁ unobstructedasajjamānā they gogacchanti, just asseyyathāpi through spaceākāse; in the earth toopathaviyāpi diving and emergingummujjanimujjaṁ they dokaronti, just asseyyathāpi in waterudake; on water tooudakepi unbrokenabhijjamāne they gogacchanti, just asseyyathāpi on earthpathaviyaṁ; through the sky tooākāsepi cross-leggedpallaṅkena they flykamanti, just asseyyathāpi a wingedpakkhī birdsakuṇo; these tooimepi the sun and mooncandimasūriye so mightyevaṁmahiddhike so powerfulevaṁmahānubhāve with the handpāṇinā they touchparimasanti they strokeparimajjanti, as far asyāva the realm of divinitybrahmalokāpi with the bodykāyena controlvasaṁ they wieldvattenti.
just asSeyyathāpi, Udāyīudāyi, a deftdakkho potterkumbhakāro orvā a potter's apprenticekumbhakārantevāsī orvā with well-preparedsuparikammakatāya claymattikāya whateveryaṁ whatever kindyadeva of potbhājanavikatiṁ they might wishākaṅkheyya thattaṁ just thattadeva they could makekareyya they could produceabhinipphādeyya;
just asseyyathā orvā furthermore, Udāyīpanudāyi, a deftdakkho ivory-carverdantakāro orvā an ivory-carver's apprenticedantakārantevāsī orvā in well-preparedsuparikammakatasmiṁ ivorydantasmiṁ whateveryaṁ whatever kindyadeva of ivory itemdantavikatiṁ they might wishākaṅkheyya thattaṁ just thattadeva they could makekareyya they could produceabhinipphādeyya;

just asseyyathā orvā O Udāyīpanudāyi, a deftdakkho goldsmithsuvaṇṇakāro orvā goldsmith's apprenticesuvaṇṇakārantevāsī orvā well-preparedsuparikammakatasmiṁ in goldsuvaṇṇasmiṁ whateveryaṁ whateveryadeva gold itemsuvaṇṇavikatiṁ should wish forākaṅkheyya thattaṁ that verytadeva could producekareyya could accomplishabhinipphādeyya.
In the same wayEvameva indeedkho, O Udāyīudāyi, explainedakkhātā by memayā to disciplessāvakānaṁ a practicepaṭipadā, practicing accordinglyyathāpaṭipannā myme disciplessāvakā many kindsanekavihitaṁ of psychic poweriddhividhaṁ they wield—even onepaccanubhonti—ekopi beinghutvā manyfoldbahudhā they becomehonti, and being manyfoldbahudhāpi beinghutvā oneeko he becomeshoti; appearanceāvibhāvaṁ, disappearancetirobhāvaṁ; through wallstirokuṭṭaṁ through rampartstiropākāraṁ through mountainstiropabbataṁ unhinderedasajjamānā they gogacchanti, just asseyyathāpi in the airākāse; in the earth toopathaviyāpi diving in and outummujjanimujjaṁ they dokaronti, just asseyyathāpi in waterudake; in water tooudakepi unbrokenabhijjamāne they gogacchanti, just asseyyathāpi on the earthpathaviyaṁ; in the air tooākāsepi cross-leggedpallaṅkena they travelkamanti, just asseyyathāpi wingedpakkhī birdssakuṇo; these tooimepi moon and suncandimasūriye so powerfulevaṁmahiddhike so mightyevaṁmahānubhāve with the handpāṇinā they touchparimasanti they strokeparimajjanti, as far asyāva even the Brahmā worldbrahmalokāpi with the bodykāyena powervasaṁ they wieldvattenti.
ThereTatra andca thenpana myme disciplessāvakā manybahū having attained perfection and consummation of insightabhiññāvosānapāramippattā they meditateviharanti.

againPuna furthermorecaparaṁ, Udāyīudāyi, declaredakkhātā by memayā to disciplessāvakānaṁ a practicepaṭipadā, as practicingyathāpaṭipannā myme disciplessāvakā divinedibbāya ear-elementsotadhātuyā purifiedvisuddhāya superhumanatikkantamānusikāya bothubho soundssadde they hear—heavenlysuṇanti—dibbe andca humanmānuse andca, whetherye neardūre or nearsantike andca.
supposeSeyyathāpi, Udāyīudāyi, a powerfulbalavā horn blowersaṅkhadhamo with little difficultyappakasireneva four directionscātuddisā would make heardviññāpeyya;
in the same wayevameva indeedkho, Udāyīudāyi, declaredakkhātā by memayā to disciplessāvakānaṁ a practicepaṭipadā, as practicingyathāpaṭipannā myme disciplessāvakā divinedibbāya ear-elementsotadhātuyā purifiedvisuddhāya superhumanatikkantamānusikāya bothubho soundssadde they hear—heavenlysuṇanti—dibbe andca humanmānuse andca, whetherye neardūre or nearsantike andca.
thereTatra andca thenpana myme disciplessāvakā manybahū attained to perfection and consummation of insightabhiññāvosānapāramippattā meditate on thatviharanti.

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