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Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses with Moggallana: SN40:5 The Base of the Infinity of Space

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

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1 "‘Ākāsānañcāyatanaṃ, ākāsānañcāyatanan’ti vuccati. Katamaṃ nu kho ākāsānañcāyatananti? Tassa mayhaṃ, āvuso, etadahosi:  ‘idha bhikkhu sabbaso rūpasaññānaṃ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṃ atthangamā nānattasaññānaṃ amanasikārā ananto ākāsoti ākāsānañcāyatanaṃ upasampajja viharati. Idaṃ vuccati ākāsānañcāyatanan’ti. So khvāhaṃ, āvuso, sabbaso rūpasaññānaṃ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṃ atthangamā nānattasaññānaṃ amanasikārā ananto ākāsoti ākāsānañcāyatanaṃ upasampajja viharāmi. Tassa mayhaṃ, āvuso, iminā vihārena viharato rūpasahagatā saññāmanasikārā samudācaranti.

2 Atha kho maṃ, āvuso, bhagavā iddhiyā upasankamitvā etadavoca:  ‘moggallāna, moggallāna. Mā, brāhmaṇa, ākāsānañcāyatanaṃ pamādo, ākāsānañcāyatane cittaṃ saṇṭhapehi, ākāsānañcāyatane cittaṃ ekodiṃ karohi, ākāsānañcāyatane cittaṃ samādahā’ti. So khvāhaṃ, āvuso, aparena samayena sabbaso rūpasaññānaṃ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṃ atthangamā nānattasaññānaṃ amanasikārā ananto ākāsoti ākāsānañcāyatanaṃ upasampajja vihāsiṃ. Yañhi taṃ, āvuso, sammā vadamāno vadeyya … pe … mahābhiññataṃ patto"ti.

Pañcamaṃ.