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Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses with Moggallana: SN40:6 The Base of the Infinity of Consciousness

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

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1 "‘Viññāṇañcāyatanaṃ, viññāṇañcāyatanan’ti vuccati. Katamaṃ nu kho viññāṇañcāyatananti? Tassa mayhaṃ, āvuso, etadahosi:  ‘idha bhikkhu sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṃ samatikkamma anantaṃ viññāṇanti viññāṇañcāyatanaṃ upasampajja viharati. Idaṃ vuccati viññāṇañcāyatanan’ti. So khvāhaṃ, āvuso, sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṃ samatikkamma anantaṃ viññāṇanti viññāṇañcāyatanaṃ upasampajja viharāmi. Tassa mayhaṃ, āvuso, iminā vihārena viharato ākāsānañcāyatanasahagatā saññāmanasikārā samudācaranti.

2 Atha kho maṃ, āvuso, bhagavā iddhiyā upasankamitvā etadavoca:  ‘moggallāna, moggallāna. Mā, brāhmaṇa, viññāṇañcāyatanaṃ pamādo, viññāṇañcāyatane cittaṃ saṇṭhapehi, viññāṇañcāyatane cittaṃ ekodiṃ karohi, viññāṇañcāyatane cittaṃ samādahā’ti. So khvāhaṃ, āvuso, aparena samayena sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṃ samatikkamma anantaṃ viññāṇanti viññāṇañcāyatanaṃ upasampajja vihāsiṃ. Yañhi taṃ, āvuso, sammā vadamāno vadeyya … pe … mahābhiññataṃ patto"ti.

Chaṭṭhaṃ.