Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

4: The Book of the Fours

77. Inconceivable Matters

0 Source: Savatthi.

1 These four inconcievable matters, O bhikkhus, should not be reasoned out. One who reasons them out would share in madness or vexation. What four?

2 The awakened range of the Buddhas, O bhikkhus, should not be reasoned out. One who reasons it out would share in madness or vexation.

3 The meditative range of one in jhana, O bhikkhus, should not be reasoned out. One who reasons it out would share in madness or vexation.

4 The fruition of kamma, O bhikkhus, should not be reasoned out. One who reasons it out would share in madness or vexation.

5 Mentation about the world, O bhikkhus, should not be reasoned out. One who reasons it out would share in madness or vexation.

6 “These, O bhikkhus, are the four inconcievable matters which should not be reasoned out. One who reasons them out would share in madness or vexation.”

0 sāvatthinidānaṃ

1 cattārimāni bhikkhave acinteyyāni na cintetabbāni, yāni cintento ummādassa vighātassa bhāgī assa. katamāni cattāri?

2 buddhānaṃ bhikkhave buddhavisayo acinteyyo na cintetabbo, yaṃ cintento ummādassa vighātassa bhāgī assa.

3 jhāyissa bhikkhave jhānavisayo acinteyyo na cintetabbo, yaṃ cintento ummādassa vighātassa bhāgī assa.

4 kammavipāko bhikkhave acinteyyo na cintetabbo, yaṃ cintento ummādassa vighātassa bhāgī assa.

5 lokacintā bhikkhave acinteyyā na cintetabbā, yaṃ cintento ummādassa vighātassa bhāgī assa.

6 imāni kho bhikkhave cattāri acinteyyāni na cintetabbāni, yāni cintento ummādassa vighātassa bhāgī assāti.