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Vimokkhasutta

Pāli in Devanagari; under each word its Roman pronunciation, syllable by syllable (ṃ = nasal hum). Tap a Pāli word for its meaning (PTS Pāli-English Dictionary); tap again to open it in the Pāli dictionary.

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अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 8।66

Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.66

Numbered Discourses 8.66
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7। भूमिचालवग्गbhū·mi·cā·la·vag·ga

7. Bhūmicālavagga

7. Earthquakes
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विमोक्खसुत्तvi·mok·kha·sut·ta

Vimokkhasutta

Liberations
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“अट्ठिमे,aṭ·ṭhi·me भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve विमोक्खा।vi·mok·khā

“Aṭṭhime, bhikkhave, vimokkhā.

“Mendicants, there are these eight liberations.
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कतमेka·ta·me अट्ठ?aṭ·ṭha

Katame aṭṭha?

What eight?
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रूपीrū·pī रूपानिrū·pā·ni पस्सति।pas·sa·ti

Rūpī rūpāni passati.

Having physical form, they see forms.
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अयंa·yaṃ पठमोpa·ṭha·mo विमोक्खो।vi·mok·kho

Ayaṁ paṭhamo vimokkho.

This is the first liberation.
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अज्झत्तंaj·jhat·taṃ अरूपसञ्ञी,a·rū·pa·sañ·ñī बहिद्धाba·hid·dhā रूपानिrū·pā·ni पस्सति।pas·sa·ti

Ajjhattaṁ arūpasaññī, bahiddhā rūpāni passati.

Not perceiving form internally, they see forms externally.
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अयंa·yaṃ दुतियोdu·ti·yo विमोक्खो।vi·mok·kho

Ayaṁ dutiyo vimokkho.

This is the second liberation.
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सुभन्तेवsu·bhan·te·va अधिमुत्तोa·dhi·mut·to होति।ho·ti

Subhanteva adhimutto hoti.

They’re focused only on beauty.
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अयंa·yaṃ ततियोta·ti·yo विमोक्खो।vi·mok·kho

Ayaṁ tatiyo vimokkho.

This is the third liberation.
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सब्बसोsab·ba·so रूपसञ्ञानंrū·pa·sañ·ñā·naṃ समतिक्कमाsa·ma·tik·ka·mā पटिघसञ्ञानंpa·ṭi·gha·sañ·ñā·naṃ अत्थङ्गमाat·thaṅ·ga·mā नानत्तसञ्ञानंnā·nat·ta·sañ·ñā·naṃ अमनसिकाराa·ma·na·si·kā·rā ‘अनन्तोa·nan·to आकासो’तिā·kā·so आकासानञ्चायतनंā·kā·sā·nañ·cā·ya·ta·naṃ उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

Sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā ‘ananto ākāso’ti ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.

Going totally beyond perceptions of form, with the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, they enter and remain in the dimension of infinite space.
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अयंa·yaṃ चतुत्थोca·tut·tho विमोक्खो।vi·mok·kho

Ayaṁ catuttho vimokkho.

This is the fourth liberation.
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सब्बसोsab·ba·so आकासानञ्चायतनंā·kā·sā·nañ·cā·ya·ta·naṃ समतिक्कम्मsa·ma·tik·kam·ma ‘अनन्तंa·nan·taṃ विञ्ञाणन्’तिviñ·ñā·ṇan विञ्ञाणञ्चायतनंviñ·ñā·ṇañ·cā·ya·ta·naṃ उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

Sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘anantaṁ viññāṇan’ti viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.

Going totally beyond the dimension of infinite space, aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, they enter and remain in the dimension of infinite consciousness.
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अयंa·yaṃ पञ्चमोpañ·ca·mo विमोक्खो।vi·mok·kho

Ayaṁ pañcamo vimokkho.

This is the fifth liberation.
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सब्बसोsab·ba·so विञ्ञाणञ्चायतनंviñ·ñā·ṇañ·cā·ya·ta·naṃ समतिक्कम्मsa·ma·tik·kam·ma ‘नत्थिnat·thi किञ्ची’तिkiñ·cī आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनंā·kiñ·cañ·ñā·ya·ta·naṃ उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

Sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘natthi kiñcī’ti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.

Going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, they enter and remain in the dimension of nothingness.
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अयंa·yaṃ छट्ठोchaṭ·ṭho विमोक्खो।vi·mok·kho

Ayaṁ chaṭṭho vimokkho.

This is the sixth liberation.
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सब्बसोsab·ba·so आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनंā·kiñ·cañ·ñā·ya·ta·naṃ समतिक्कम्मsa·ma·tik·kam·ma नेवसञ्ञानासञ्ञायतनंne·va·sañ·ñā·nā·sañ·ñā·ya·ta·naṃ उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

Sabbaso ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.

Going totally beyond the dimension of nothingness, they enter and remain in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception.
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अयंa·yaṃ सत्तमोsat·ta·mo विमोक्खो।vi·mok·kho

Ayaṁ sattamo vimokkho.

This is the seventh liberation.
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सब्बसोsab·ba·so नेवसञ्ञानासञ्ञायतनंne·va·sañ·ñā·nā·sañ·ñā·ya·ta·naṃ समतिक्कम्मsa·ma·tik·kam·ma सञ्ञावेदयितनिरोधंsañ·ñā·ve·da·yi·ta·ni·ro·dhaṃ उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

Sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ upasampajja viharati.

Going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, they enter and remain in the cessation of perception and feeling.
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अयंa·yaṃ अट्ठमोaṭ·ṭha·mo विमोक्खो।vi·mok·kho

Ayaṁ aṭṭhamo vimokkho.

This is the eighth liberation.
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इमेi·me खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve अट्ठaṭ·ṭha विमोक्खा”ति।vi·mok·khā

Ime kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha vimokkhā”ti.

These are the eight liberations.”
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छट्ठं।chaṭ·ṭhaṃ

Chaṭṭhaṁ.

(Pāli only)

Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.