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अङ्गुत्तर निकाय ११।२१
Aṅguttara Nikāya 11.21
Numbered Discourses 11.21
२। अनुस्सतिवग्ग
2. Anussativagga
2. Recollection
चतुत्थसमाधिसुत्त
Catutthasamādhisutta
Immersion (4th)
तत्र खो आयस्मा सारिपुत्तो भिक्खू आमन्तेसि:
Tatra kho āyasmā sāriputto bhikkhū āmantesi:
There Sāriputta addressed the bhikkhus:
“सिया नु खो, आवुसो, भिक्खुनो तथारूपो समाधिपटिलाभो यथा नेव पथवियं पथविसञ्ञी अस्स, न आपस्मिं आपोसञ्ञी अस्स, न तेजस्मिं तेजोसञ्ञी अस्स, न वायस्मिं वायोसञ्ञी अस्स, न आकासानञ्चायतने आकासानञ्चायतनसञ्ञी अस्स, न विञ्ञाणञ्चायतने विञ्ञाणञ्चायतनसञ्ञी अस्स, न आकिञ्चञ्ञायतने आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनसञ्ञी अस्स, न नेवसञ्ञानासञ्ञायतने नेवसञ्ञानासञ्ञायतनसञ्ञी अस्स, न इधलोके इधलोकसञ्ञी अस्स, न परलोके परलोकसञ्ञी अस्स, यम्पिदं दिट्ठं सुतं मुतं विञ्ञातं पत्तं परियेसितं अनुविचरितं मनसा तत्रापि न सञ्ञी अस्स; सञ्ञी च पन अस्सा”ति?
“siyā nu kho, āvuso, bhikkhuno tathārūpo samādhipaṭilābho yathā neva pathaviyaṁ pathavisaññī assa, na āpasmiṁ āposaññī assa, na tejasmiṁ tejosaññī assa, na vāyasmiṁ vāyosaññī assa, na ākāsānañcāyatane ākāsānañcāyatanasaññī assa, na viññāṇañcāyatane viññāṇañcāyatanasaññī assa, na ākiñcaññāyatane ākiñcaññāyatanasaññī assa, na nevasaññānāsaññāyatane nevasaññānāsaññāyatanasaññī assa, na idhaloke idhalokasaññī assa, na paraloke paralokasaññī assa, yampidaṁ diṭṭhaṁ sutaṁ mutaṁ viññātaṁ pattaṁ pariyesitaṁ anuvicaritaṁ manasā tatrāpi na saññī assa; saññī ca pana assā”ti?
“Could it be, friends, that a bhikkhu might gain a state of immersion like this? They wouldn’t perceive earth in earth, water in water, fire in fire, or air in air. And they wouldn’t perceive the dimension of infinite space in the dimension of infinite space, the dimension of infinite consciousness in the dimension of infinite consciousness, the dimension of nothingness in the dimension of nothingness, or the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception. They wouldn’t perceive this world in this world, or the other world in the other world. And they wouldn’t perceive what is seen, heard, thought, known, attained, sought, or explored by the mind. And yet they would still perceive.”
“दूरतोपि खो मयं, आवुसो, आगच्छेय्याम आयस्मतो सारिपुत्तस्स सन्तिके एतस्स भासितस्स अत्थमञ्ञातुं। साधु वतायस्मन्तंयेव सारिपुत्तं पटिभातु एतस्स भासितस्स अत्थो। आयस्मतो सारिपुत्तस्स सुत्वा भिक्खू धारेस्सन्ती”ति।
“Dūratopi kho mayaṁ, āvuso, āgaccheyyāma āyasmato sāriputtassa santike etassa bhāsitassa atthamaññātuṁ. Sādhu vatāyasmantaṁyeva sāriputtaṁ paṭibhātu etassa bhāsitassa attho. Āyasmato sāriputtassa sutvā bhikkhū dhāressantī”ti.
“Friend, we would travel a long way to learn the meaning of this statement in the presence of Venerable Sāriputta. May Venerable Sāriputta himself please clarify the meaning of this. The bhikkhus will listen and remember it.”
“तेनहावुसो, सुणाथ, साधुकं मनसि करोथ; भासिस्सामी”ति।
“Tenahāvuso, suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha; bhāsissāmī”ti.
“Then listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”
“एवमावुसो”ति खो ते भिक्खू आयस्मतो सारिपुत्तस्स पच्चस्सोसुं। आयस्मा सारिपुत्तो एतदवोच:
“Evamāvuso”ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato sāriputtassa paccassosuṁ. Āyasmā sāriputto etadavoca:
“Yes, friend,” they replied. Sāriputta said this:
“सिया, आवुसो, भिक्खुनो तथारूपो समाधिपटिलाभो यथा नेव पथवियं पथविसञ्ञी अस्स …पे… यम्पिदं दिट्ठं सुतं मुतं विञ्ञातं पत्तं परियेसितं अनुविचरितं मनसा तत्रापि न सञ्ञी अस्स; सञ्ञी च पन अस्सा”ति।
“Siyā, āvuso, bhikkhuno tathārūpo samādhipaṭilābho yathā neva pathaviyaṁ pathavisaññī assa …pe… yampidaṁ diṭṭhaṁ sutaṁ mutaṁ viññātaṁ pattaṁ pariyesitaṁ anuvicaritaṁ manasā tatrāpi na saññī assa; saññī ca pana assā”ti.
“A bhikkhu could gain such a state of immersion.”
“यथा कथं पनावुसो, सिया भिक्खुनो तथारूपो समाधिपटिलाभो यथा नेव पथवियं पथविसञ्ञी अस्स …पे… यम्पिदं दिट्ठं सुतं मुतं विञ्ञातं पत्तं परियेसितं अनुविचरितं मनसा तत्रापि न सञ्ञी अस्स; सञ्ञी च पन अस्सा”ति?
“Yathā kathaṁ panāvuso, siyā bhikkhuno tathārūpo samādhipaṭilābho yathā neva pathaviyaṁ pathavisaññī assa …pe… yampidaṁ diṭṭhaṁ sutaṁ mutaṁ viññātaṁ pattaṁ pariyesitaṁ anuvicaritaṁ manasā tatrāpi na saññī assa; saññī ca pana assā”ti?
“But how could this be?”
“इध, आवुसो, भिक्खु एवंसञ्ञी होति: ‘एतं सन्तं एतं पणीतं, यदिदं सब्बसङ्खारसमथो सब्बूपधिपटिनिस्सग्गो तण्हाक्खयो विरागो निरोधो निब्बानन्ऽति। एवं खो, आवुसो, सिया भिक्खुनो तथारूपो समाधिपटिलाभो यथा नेव पथवियं पथविसञ्ञी अस्स, न आपस्मिं आपोसञ्ञी अस्स, न तेजस्मिं तेजोसञ्ञी अस्स, न वायस्मिं वायोसञ्ञी अस्स, न आकासानञ्चायतने आकासानञ्चायतनसञ्ञी अस्स, न विञ्ञाणञ्चायतने विञ्ञाणञ्चायतनसञ्ञी अस्स, न आकिञ्चञ्ञायतने आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनसञ्ञी अस्स, न नेवसञ्ञानासञ्ञायतने नेवसञ्ञानासञ्ञायतनसञ्ञी अस्स, न इधलोके इधलोकसञ्ञी अस्स, न परलोके परलोकसञ्ञी अस्स, यम्पिदं दिट्ठं सुतं मुतं विञ्ञातं पत्तं परियेसितं अनुविचरितं मनसा तत्रापि न सञ्ञी अस्स; सञ्ञी च पन अस्सा”ति।
“Idha, āvuso, bhikkhu evaṁsaññī hoti: ‘etaṁ santaṁ etaṁ paṇītaṁ, yadidaṁ sabbasaṅkhārasamatho sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggo taṇhākkhayo virāgo nirodho nibbānan’ti. Evaṁ kho, āvuso, siyā bhikkhuno tathārūpo samādhipaṭilābho yathā neva pathaviyaṁ pathavisaññī assa, na āpasmiṁ āposaññī assa, na tejasmiṁ tejosaññī assa, na vāyasmiṁ vāyosaññī assa, na ākāsānañcāyatane ākāsānañcāyatanasaññī assa, na viññāṇañcāyatane viññāṇañcāyatanasaññī assa, na ākiñcaññāyatane ākiñcaññāyatanasaññī assa, na nevasaññānāsaññāyatane nevasaññānāsaññāyatanasaññī assa, na idhaloke idhalokasaññī assa, na paraloke paralokasaññī assa, yampidaṁ diṭṭhaṁ sutaṁ mutaṁ viññātaṁ pattaṁ pariyesitaṁ anuvicaritaṁ manasā tatrāpi na saññī assa; saññī ca pana assā”ti.
“It’s when a bhikkhu perceives: ‘This is peaceful; this is sublime—that is, the stilling of all activities, the letting go of all attachments, the ending of craving, fading away, cessation, Nibbana.’ That’s how a bhikkhu might gain a state of immersion like this. They wouldn’t perceive earth in earth, water in water, fire in fire, or air in air. And they wouldn’t perceive the dimension of infinite space in the dimension of infinite space, the dimension of infinite consciousness in the dimension of infinite consciousness, the dimension of nothingness in the dimension of nothingness, or the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception. They wouldn’t perceive this world in this world, or the other world in the other world. And they wouldn’t perceive what is seen, heard, thought, known, attained, sought, or explored by the mind. And yet they would still perceive.”
एकादसमं।
Ekādasamaṁ.
अनुस्सतिवग्गो दुतियो।
Anussativaggo dutiyo.
तस्सुद्दानं
Tassuddānaṁ
द्वे वुत्ता महानामेन, नन्दियेन सुभूतिना; मेत्ता अट्ठको गोपालो, चत्तारो च समाधिनाति।
Dve vuttā mahānāmena, nandiyena subhūtinā; Mettā aṭṭhako gopālo, cattāro ca samādhināti.
The authoritative text of the Aṅguttara Nikāya is the Pāli text. The English translation is provided as an aid to the study of the original Pāli text. [CREDITS »]
