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संयुत्त निकाय ४०।७
Saṁyutta Nikāya 40.7
The Related Suttas Collection 40.7
१। मोग्गल्लानवग्ग
1. Moggallānavagga
1. By Moggallāna
आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनपञ्हासुत्त
Ākiñcaññāyatanapañhāsutta
A Question About the Dimension of Nothingness
“‘आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनं, आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनन्ऽति वुच्चति। कतमं नु खो आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनन्ति? तस्स मय्हं, आवुसो, एतदहोसि: ‘इध भिक्खु सब्बसो विञ्ञाणञ्चायतनं समतिक्कम्म नत्थि किञ्चीति आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनं उपसम्पज्ज विहरति। इदं वुच्चति आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनन्ऽति।
“‘Ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ, ākiñcaññāyatanan’ti vuccati. Katamaṁ nu kho ākiñcaññāyatananti? Tassa mayhaṁ, āvuso, etadahosi: ‘idha bhikkhu sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma natthi kiñcīti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati. Idaṁ vuccati ākiñcaññāyatanan’ti.
“They speak of this thing called the ‘dimension of nothingness’. What is the dimension of nothingness? It occurred to me: ‘It’s when a bhikkhu, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that “there is nothing at all”, enters and remains in the dimension of nothingness. This is called the dimension of nothingness.’
सो ख्वाहं, आवुसो, सब्बसो विञ्ञाणञ्चायतनं समतिक्कम्म नत्थि किञ्चीति आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनं उपसम्पज्ज विहरामि। तस्स मय्हं, आवुसो, इमिना विहारेन विहरतो विञ्ञाणञ्चायतनसहगता सञ्ञामनसिकारा समुदाचरन्ति।
So khvāhaṁ, āvuso, sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma natthi kiñcīti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharāmi. Tassa mayhaṁ, āvuso, iminā vihārena viharato viññāṇañcāyatanasahagatā saññāmanasikārā samudācaranti.
And so … I was entering and remaining in the dimension of nothingness. While I was in that meditation, perceptions accompanied by the dimension of infinite consciousness beset me due to loss of focus.
अथ खो मं, आवुसो, भगवा इद्धिया उपसङ्कमित्वा एतदवोच: ‘मोग्गल्लान, मोग्गल्लान। मा, ब्राह्मण, आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनं पमादो, आकिञ्चञ्ञायतने चित्तं सण्ठपेहि, आकिञ्चञ्ञायतने चित्तं एकोदिं करोहि, आकिञ्चञ्ञायतने चित्तं समादहाऽति।
Atha kho maṁ, āvuso, bhagavā iddhiyā upasaṅkamitvā etadavoca: ‘moggallāna, moggallāna. Mā, brāhmaṇa, ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ pamādo, ākiñcaññāyatane cittaṁ saṇṭhapehi, ākiñcaññāyatane cittaṁ ekodiṁ karohi, ākiñcaññāyatane cittaṁ samādahā’ti.
Then the Buddha came up to me with his psychic power and said, ‘Moggallāna, Moggallāna! Don’t neglect the dimension of nothingness, brahmin! Settle your mind in the dimension of nothingness; unify your mind and immerse it in the dimension of nothingness.’
सो ख्वाहं, आवुसो, अपरेन समयेन सब्बसो विञ्ञाणञ्चायतनं समतिक्कम्म नत्थि किञ्चीति आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनं उपसम्पज्ज विहासिं।
So khvāhaṁ, āvuso, aparena samayena sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma natthi kiñcīti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja vihāsiṁ.
And so, after some time … I entered and remained in the dimension of nothingness.
यञ्हि तं, आवुसो, सम्मा वदमानो वदेय्य …पे… महाभिञ्ञतं पत्तो”ति।
Yañhi taṁ, āvuso, sammā vadamāno vadeyya …pe… mahābhiññataṁ patto”ti.
So if anyone should be rightly called a disciple who attained to great direct knowledge with help from the Teacher, it’s me.”
सत्तमं।
Sattamaṁ.
The authoritative text of the Saṁyutta Nikāya is the Pāli text. The English translation is provided as an aid to the study of the original Pāli text. [CREDITS »]
