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Ānandasutta

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अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 9।37

Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.37

Numbered Discourses 9.37
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4। महावग्गma·hā·vag·ga

4. Mahāvagga

4. The Great Chapter
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आनन्दसुत्तā·nan·da·sut·ta

Ānandasutta

By Ānanda
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एकंe·kaṃ समयंsa·ma·yaṃ आयस्माā·yas·mā आनन्दोā·nan·do कोसम्बियंko·sam·bi·yaṃ विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti घोसितारामे।gho·si·tā·rā·me

Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā ānando kosambiyaṁ viharati ghositārāme.

At one time Venerable Ānanda was staying near Kosambī in Ghosita’s monastery.
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तत्रtat·ra खोkho आयस्माā·yas·mā आनन्दोā·nan·do भिक्खूbhik·khū आमन्तेसि:ā·man·te·si

Tatra kho āyasmā ānando bhikkhū āmantesi:

There Ānanda addressed the mendicants:
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“आवुसोā·vu·so भिक्खवे”ति।bhik·kha·ve

“āvuso bhikkhave”ti.

“Reverends, mendicants!”
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“आवुसो”तिā·vu·so खोkho तेte भिक्खूbhik·khū आयस्मतोā·yas·ma·to आनन्दस्सā·nan·das·sa पच्चस्सोसुं।pac·cas·so·suṃ

“Āvuso”ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato ānandassa paccassosuṁ.

“Reverend,” they replied.
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आयस्माā·yas·mā आनन्दोā·nan·do एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Āyasmā ānando etadavoca:

Ānanda said this:
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“अच्छरियं,ac·cha·ri·yaṃ आवुसो,ā·vu·so अब्भुतं,ab·bhu·taṃ आवुसो।ā·vu·so

“Acchariyaṁ, āvuso, abbhutaṁ, āvuso.

“It’s incredible, reverends, it’s amazing!
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यावञ्चिदंyā·vañ·ci·daṃ तेनte·na भगवताbha·ga·va·tā जानताjā·na·tā पस्सताpas·sa·tā अरहताa·ra·ha·tā सम्मासम्बुद्धेनsam·mā·sam·bud·dhe·na सम्बाधेsam·bā·dhe ओकासाधिगमोo·kā·sā·dhi·ga·mo अनुबुद्धोa·nu·bud·dho सत्तानंsat·tā·naṃ विसुद्धियाvi·sud·dhi·yā सोकपरिदेवानंso·ka·pa·ri·de·vā·naṃ समतिक्कमायsa·ma·tik·ka·mā·ya दुक्खदोमनस्सानंduk·kha·do·ma·nas·sā·naṃ अत्थङ्गमायat·thaṅ·ga·mā·ya ञायस्सñā·yas·sa अधिगमायa·dhi·ga·mā·ya निब्बानस्सnib·bā·nas·sa सच्छिकिरियाय।sac·chi·ki·ri·yā·ya

Yāvañcidaṁ tena bhagavatā jānatā passatā arahatā sammāsambuddhena sambādhe okāsādhigamo anubuddho sattānaṁ visuddhiyā sokaparidevānaṁ samatikkamāya dukkhadomanassānaṁ atthaṅgamāya ñāyassa adhigamāya nibbānassa sacchikiriyāya.

How this Blessed One who knows and sees, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha, has found an opening amid confinement. It’s in order to purify sentient beings, to get past sorrow and crying, to make an end of pain and sadness, to discover the system, and to realize extinguishment.
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तदेवta·de·va नामnā·ma चक्खुंcak·khuṃ भविस्सतिbha·vis·sa·ti तेte रूपाrū·pā तञ्चायतनंtañ·cā·ya·ta·naṃ नोno पटिसंवेदिस्सति।pa·ṭi·saṃ·ve·dis·sa·ti

Tadeva nāma cakkhuṁ bhavissati te rūpā tañcāyatanaṁ no paṭisaṁvedissati.

The eye itself is actually present, and so are those sights. Yet one will not experience that sense-field.
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तदेवta·de·va नामnā·ma सोतंso·taṃ भविस्सतिbha·vis·sa·ti तेte सद्दाsad·dā तञ्चायतनंtañ·cā·ya·ta·naṃ नोno पटिसंवेदिस्सति।pa·ṭi·saṃ·ve·dis·sa·ti

Tadeva nāma sotaṁ bhavissati te saddā tañcāyatanaṁ no paṭisaṁvedissati.

The ear itself is actually present, and so are those sounds. Yet one will not experience that sense-field.
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तदेवta·de·va नामnā·ma घानंghā·naṃ भविस्सतिbha·vis·sa·ti तेte गन्धाgan·dhā तञ्चायतनंtañ·cā·ya·ta·naṃ नोno पटिसंवेदिस्सति।pa·ṭi·saṃ·ve·dis·sa·ti

Tadeva nāma ghānaṁ bhavissati te gandhā tañcāyatanaṁ no paṭisaṁvedissati.

The nose itself is actually present, and so are those smells. Yet one will not experience that sense-field.
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सावsā·va नामnā·ma जिव्हाjiv·hā भविस्सतिbha·vis·sa·ti तेte रसाra·sā तञ्चायतनंtañ·cā·ya·ta·naṃ नोno पटिसंवेदिस्सति।pa·ṭi·saṃ·ve·dis·sa·ti

Sāva nāma jivhā bhavissati te rasā tañcāyatanaṁ no paṭisaṁvedissati.

The tongue itself is actually present, and so are those tastes. Yet one will not experience that sense-field.
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सोवso·va नामnā·ma कायोkā·yo भविस्सतिbha·vis·sa·ti तेte फोट्ठब्बाphoṭ·ṭhab·bā तञ्चायतनंtañ·cā·ya·ta·naṃ नोno पटिसंवेदिस्सती”ति।pa·ṭi·saṃ·ve·dis·sa·tī

Sova nāma kāyo bhavissati te phoṭṭhabbā tañcāyatanaṁ no paṭisaṁvedissatī”ti.

The body itself is actually present, and so are those touches. Yet one will not experience that sense-field.”
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एवंe·vaṃ वुत्ते,vut·te आयस्माā·yas·mā उदायीu·dā·yī आयस्मन्तंā·yas·man·taṃ आनन्दंā·nan·daṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Evaṁ vutte, āyasmā udāyī āyasmantaṁ ānandaṁ etadavoca:

When he said this, Venerable Udāyī said to Venerable Ānanda:
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“सञ्ञीमेवsañ·ñī·me·va नुnu खो,kho आवुसोā·vu·so आनन्द,ā·nan·da तदायतनंta·dā·ya·ta·naṃ नोno पटिसंवेदेतिpa·ṭi·saṃ·ve·de·ti उदाहुu·dā·hu असञ्ञी”ति?a·sañ·ñī

“saññīmeva nu kho, āvuso ānanda, tadāyatanaṁ no paṭisaṁvedeti udāhu asaññī”ti?

“Reverend Ānanda, is one who doesn’t experience that sense-field actually percipient or not?”
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“सञ्ञीमेवsañ·ñī·me·va खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so तदायतनंta·dā·ya·ta·naṃ नोno पटिसंवेदेति,pa·ṭi·saṃ·ve·de·ti नोno असञ्ञी”ति।a·sañ·ñī

“Saññīmeva kho, āvuso, tadāyatanaṁ no paṭisaṁvedeti, no asaññī”ti.

“Reverend, one who doesn’t experience that sense-field is actually percipient, not non-percipient.”
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“किंसञ्ञीkiṃ·sañ·ñī पनावुसो,pa·nā·vu·so तदायतनंta·dā·ya·ta·naṃ नोno पटिसंवेदेती”ति?pa·ṭi·saṃ·ve·de·tī

“Kiṁsaññī panāvuso, tadāyatanaṁ no paṭisaṁvedetī”ti?

“But what does one who doesn’t experience that sense-field perceive?”
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“इधावुसो,i·dhā·vu·so भिक्खु,bhik·khu 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

“Idhāvuso, bhikkhu, sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā ‘ananto ākāso’ti ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.

“It’s when a mendicant, going totally beyond perceptions of form, with the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, enters and remains in the dimension of infinite space.
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एवंसञ्ञीपिe·vaṃ·sañ·ñī·pi खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so तदायतनंta·dā·ya·ta·naṃ नोno पटिसंवेदेति।pa·ṭi·saṃ·ve·de·ti

Evaṁsaññīpi kho, āvuso, tadāyatanaṁ no paṭisaṁvedeti.

One who doesn’t experience that sense-field perceives in this way.
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पुनpu·na चपरं,ca·pa·raṃ आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुbhik·khu 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

Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘anantaṁ viññāṇan’ti viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.

Furthermore, a mendicant, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite space, aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, enters and remains in the dimension of infinite consciousness.
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एवंसञ्ञीपिe·vaṃ·sañ·ñī·pi खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so तदायतनंta·dā·ya·ta·naṃ नोno पटिसंवेदेति।pa·ṭi·saṃ·ve·de·ti

Evaṁsaññīpi kho, āvuso, tadāyatanaṁ no paṭisaṁvedeti.

One who doesn’t experience that sense-field perceives in this way.
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पुनpu·na चपरं,ca·pa·raṃ आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुbhik·khu 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

Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘natthi kiñcī’ti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.

Furthermore, a mendicant, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, enters and remains in the dimension of nothingness.
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एवंसञ्ञीपिe·vaṃ·sañ·ñī·pi खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so तदायतनंta·dā·ya·ta·naṃ नोno पटिसंवेदेतीति।pa·ṭi·saṃ·ve·de·tī·ti

Evaṁsaññīpi kho, āvuso, tadāyatanaṁ no paṭisaṁvedetīti.

One who doesn’t experience that sense-field perceives in this way.
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एकमिदाहं,e·ka·mi·dā·haṃ आवुसो,ā·vu·so समयंsa·ma·yaṃ साकेतेsā·ke·te विहरामिvi·ha·rā·mi अञ्जनवनेañ·ja·na·va·ne मिगदाये।mi·ga·dā·ye

Ekamidāhaṁ, āvuso, samayaṁ sākete viharāmi añjanavane migadāye.

Reverend, this one time I was staying near Sāketa in the deer park in Añjana Wood.
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अथa·tha खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so जटिलवासिकाja·ṭi·la·vā·si·kā भिक्खुनीbhik·khu·nī येनाहंye·nā·haṃ तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā मंmaṃ अभिवादेत्वाa·bhi·vā·det·vā एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ अट्ठासि।aṭ·ṭhā·si एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ ठिताṭhi·tā खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so जटिलवासिकाja·ṭi·la·vā·si·kā भिक्खुनीbhik·khu·nī मंmaṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Atha kho, āvuso, jaṭilavāsikā bhikkhunī yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā maṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho, āvuso, jaṭilavāsikā bhikkhunī maṁ etadavoca:

Then the nun Jaṭilagāhikā came up to me, bowed, stood to one side, and said to me:
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‘यायं,yā·yaṃ भन्तेbhan·te आनन्द,ā·nan·da समाधिsa·mā·dhi नna चाभिनतोcā·bhi·na·to नna चापनतोcā·pa·na·to नna चca ससङ्खारनिग्गय्हवारितगतो,sa·saṅ·khā·ra·nig·gay·ha·vā·ri·ta·ga·to

‘yāyaṁ, bhante ānanda, samādhi na cābhinato na cāpanato na ca sasaṅkhāraniggayhavāritagato,

‘Honorable Ānanda, regarding the immersion that does not lean forward or pull back, and is not held in place by forceful suppression.
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विमुत्तत्ताvi·mut·tat·tā ठितो,ṭhi·to ठितत्ताṭhi·tat·tā सन्तुसितो,san·tu·si·to सन्तुसितत्ताsan·tu·si·tat·tā नोno परितस्सति।pa·ri·tas·sa·ti

vimuttattā ṭhito, ṭhitattā santusito, santusitattā no paritassati.

Being free, it’s stable. Being stable, it’s content. Being content, one is not anxious.
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अयं,a·yaṃ भन्तेbhan·te आनन्द,ā·nan·da समाधिsa·mā·dhi किंफलोkiṃ·pha·lo वुत्तोvut·to भगवता’ति?bha·ga·va·tā

Ayaṁ, bhante ānanda, samādhi kiṁphalo vutto bhagavatā’ti?

What did the Buddha say was the fruit of this immersion?’
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एवंe·vaṃ वुत्ते,vut·te सोहं,so·haṃ आवुसो,ā·vu·so जटिलवासिकंja·ṭi·la·vā·si·kaṃ भिक्खुनिंbhik·khu·niṃ एतदवोचं:e·ta·da·vo·caṃ

Evaṁ vutte, sohaṁ, āvuso, jaṭilavāsikaṁ bhikkhuniṁ etadavocaṁ:

When she said this, I said to her:
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‘यायं,yā·yaṃ भगिनि,bha·gi·ni समाधिsa·mā·dhi नna चाभिनतोcā·bhi·na·to नna चापनतोcā·pa·na·to नna चca ससङ्खारनिग्गय्हवारितगतो,sa·saṅ·khā·ra·nig·gay·ha·vā·ri·ta·ga·to

‘yāyaṁ, bhagini, samādhi na cābhinato na cāpanato na ca sasaṅkhāraniggayhavāritagato,

‘Sister, regarding the immersion that does not lean forward or pull back, and is not held in place by forceful suppression.
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विमुत्तत्ताvi·mut·tat·tā ठितो,ṭhi·to ठितत्ताṭhi·tat·tā सन्तुसितो,san·tu·si·to सन्तुसितत्ताsan·tu·si·tat·tā नोno परितस्सति।pa·ri·tas·sa·ti

vimuttattā ṭhito, ṭhitattā santusito, santusitattā no paritassati.

Being free, it’s stable. Being stable, it’s content. Being content, one is not anxious.
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अयं,a·yaṃ भगिनि,bha·gi·ni समाधिsa·mā·dhi अञ्ञाफलोañ·ñā·pha·lo वुत्तोvut·to भगवता’ति।bha·ga·va·tā

Ayaṁ, bhagini, samādhi aññāphalo vutto bhagavatā’ti.

The Buddha said that the fruit of this immersion is enlightenment.’
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एवंसञ्ञीपिe·vaṃ·sañ·ñī·pi खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so तदायतनंta·dā·ya·ta·naṃ नोno पटिसंवेदेती”ति।pa·ṭi·saṃ·ve·de·tī

Evaṁsaññīpi kho, āvuso, tadāyatanaṁ no paṭisaṁvedetī”ti.

One who doesn’t experience that sense-field perceives in this way, too.”
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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.