Saddhamma Study Group

Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

8: The Book of the Eights

119.

  • A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text (coming sooner or later).

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1 "Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya aṭṭha dhammā bhāvetabbā. Katame aṭṭha? Ajjhattaṃ rūpasaññī bahiddhā rūpāni passati parittāni suvaṇṇadubbaṇṇāni, tāni abhibhuyya ‘jānāmi passāmī’ti evaṃsaññī hoti. Ajjhattaṃ rūpasaññī bahiddhā rūpāni passati appamāṇāni suvaṇṇadubbaṇṇāni, tāni abhibhuyya ‘jānāmi passāmī’ti evaṃsaññī hoti. Ajjhattaṃ arūpasaññī bahiddhā rūpāni passati parittāni suvaṇṇadubbaṇṇāni, tāni abhibhuyya ‘jānāmi passāmī’ti evaṃsaññī hoti. Ajjhattaṃ arūpasaññī bahiddhā rūpāni passati appamāṇāni suvaṇṇadubbaṇṇāni, tāni abhibhuyya ‘jānāmi passāmī’ti evaṃsaññī hoti. Ajjhattaṃ arūpasaññī bahiddhā rūpāni passati nīlāni nīlavaṇṇāni nīlanidassanāni nīlanibhāsāni pītāni pītavaṇṇāni … pe … lohitakāni lohitakavaṇṇāni … pe … odātāni odātavaṇṇāni … pe … odātanibhāsāni, tāni abhibhuyya ‘jānāmi passāmī’ti evaṃsaññī hoti – rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime aṭṭha dhammā bhāvetabbā".