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Kāyasakkhīsutta

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अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 9।43

Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.43

Numbered Discourses 9.43
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5। सामञ्ञवग्गsā·mañ·ña·vag·ga

5. Sāmaññavagga

5. Similarity
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कायसक्खीसुत्तkā·ya·sak·khī·sut·ta

Kāyasakkhīsutta

A Direct Witness
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“‘कायसक्खी,kā·ya·sak·khī कायसक्खी’ति,kā·ya·sak·khī आवुसो,ā·vu·so वुच्चति।vuc·ca·ti

“‘Kāyasakkhī, kāyasakkhī’ti, āvuso, vuccati.

“Reverend, they speak of the ‘direct witness’.
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कित्तावताkit·tā·va·tā नुnu खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so कायसक्खीkā·ya·sak·khī वुत्तोvut·to भगवता”ति?bha·ga·va·tā

Kittāvatā nu kho, āvuso, kāyasakkhī vutto bhagavatā”ti?

What is the direct witness that the Buddha spoke of?”
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इधावुसो,i·dhā·vu·so भिक्खुbhik·khu विविच्चेवvi·vic·ce·va कामेहिkā·me·hi …पे…pe पठमंpa·ṭha·maṃ झानंjhā·naṃ उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

Idhāvuso, bhikkhu vivicceva kāmehi …pe… paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.

“First, take a mendicant who, quite secluded from sensual pleasures … enters and remains in the first absorption.
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यथाya·thā यथाya·thā चca तदायतनंta·dā·ya·ta·naṃ तथाta·thā तथाta·thā नंnaṃ कायेनkā·ye·na फुसित्वाphu·sit·vā विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

Yathā yathā ca tadāyatanaṁ tathā tathā naṁ kāyena phusitvā viharati.

They meditate directly experiencing that dimension in every way.
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एत्तावतापिet·tā·va·tā·pi खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so कायसक्खीkā·ya·sak·khī वुत्तोvut·to भगवताbha·ga·va·tā परियायेन।pa·ri·yā·ye·na

Ettāvatāpi kho, āvuso, kāyasakkhī vutto bhagavatā pariyāyena.

To this extent the Buddha spoke of the direct witness in a qualified sense.
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पुनpu·na चपरं,ca·pa·raṃ आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुbhik·khu वितक्कविचारानंvi·tak·ka·vi·cā·rā·naṃ वूपसमाvū·pa·sa·mā …पे…pe दुतियंdu·ti·yaṃ झानंjhā·naṃ …

Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu vitakkavicārānaṁ vūpasamā …pe… dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ …

Furthermore, take a mendicant who, as the placing of the mind and keeping it connected are stilled, enters and remains in the second absorption …
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ततियंta·ti·yaṃ झानंjhā·naṃ …

tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ …

third absorption …
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चतुत्थंca·tut·thaṃ झानंjhā·naṃ उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

catutthaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.

fourth absorption.
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यथाya·thā यथाya·thā चca तदायतनंta·dā·ya·ta·naṃ तथाta·thā तथाta·thā नंnaṃ कायेनkā·ye·na फुसित्वाphu·sit·vā विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

Yathā yathā ca tadāyatanaṁ tathā tathā naṁ kāyena phusitvā viharati.

They meditate directly experiencing that dimension in every way.
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एत्तावतापिet·tā·va·tā·pi खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so कायसक्खीkā·ya·sak·khī वुत्तोvut·to भगवताbha·ga·va·tā परियायेन।pa·ri·yā·ye·na

Ettāvatāpi kho, āvuso, kāyasakkhī vutto bhagavatā pariyāyena.

To this extent the Buddha spoke of the direct witness in a qualified sense.
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पुनpu·na चपरं,ca·pa·raṃ आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुbhik·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

Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā ‘ananto ākāso’ti ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.

Furthermore, take a mendicant who, 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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यथाya·thā यथाya·thā चca तदायतनंta·dā·ya·ta·naṃ तथाta·thā तथाta·thā नंnaṃ कायेनkā·ye·na फुसित्वाphu·sit·vā विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

Yathā yathā ca tadāyatanaṁ tathā tathā naṁ kāyena phusitvā viharati.

They meditate directly experiencing that dimension in every way.
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एत्तावतापिet·tā·va·tā·pi खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so कायसक्खीkā·ya·sak·khī वुत्तोvut·to भगवताbha·ga·va·tā परियायेनpa·ri·yā·ye·na …पे…।pe

Ettāvatāpi kho, āvuso, kāyasakkhī vutto bhagavatā pariyāyena …pe….

To this extent the Buddha spoke of the direct witness in a qualified sense. Furthermore, take a mendicant who enters and remains in the dimension of infinite consciousness … the dimension of nothingness … the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception …
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पुनpu·na चपरं,ca·pa·raṃ आवुसो,ā·vu·so भिक्खुbhik·khu 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 पञ्ञायpañ·ñā·ya चस्सcas·sa दिस्वाdis·vā आसवाā·sa·vā परिक्खीणाpa·rik·khī·ṇā होन्ति।hon·ti

Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ upasampajja viharati, paññāya cassa disvā āsavā parikkhīṇā honti.

Furthermore, take a mendicant who, going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, enters and remains in the cessation of perception and feeling. And, having seen with wisdom, their defilements come to an end.
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यथाya·thā यथाya·thā चca तदायतनंta·dā·ya·ta·naṃ तथाta·thā तथाta·thā नंnaṃ कायेनkā·ye·na फुसित्वाphu·sit·vā विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

Yathā yathā ca tadāyatanaṁ tathā tathā naṁ kāyena phusitvā viharati.

They meditate directly experiencing that dimension in every way.
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एत्तावतापिet·tā·va·tā·pi खो,kho आवुसो,ā·vu·so कायसक्खीkā·ya·sak·khī वुत्तोvut·to भगवताbha·ga·va·tā निप्परियायेना”ति।nip·pa·ri·yā·ye·nā

Ettāvatāpi kho, āvuso, kāyasakkhī vutto bhagavatā nippariyāyenā”ti.

To this extent the Buddha spoke of the direct witness in a definitive sense.”
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दुतियं।du·ti·yaṃ

Dutiyaṁ.

(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.