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Ākāsānañcāyatanapañhāsutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 40।5

Saṁyutta Nikāya 40.5

Linked Discourses 40.5
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1। मोग्गल्लानवग्गmog·gal·lā·na·vag·ga

1. Moggallānavagga

1. By Moggallāna
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आकासानञ्चायतनपञ्हासुत्तā·kā·sā·nañ·cā·ya·ta·na·pañ·hā·sut·ta

Ākāsānañcāyatanapañhāsutta

A Question About the Dimension of Infinite Space
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“‘आकासानञ्चायतनं,ā·kā·sā·nañ·cā·ya·ta·naṃ आकासानञ्चायतनन्’तिā·kā·sā·nañ·cā·ya·ta·nan वुच्चति।vuc·ca·ti

“‘Ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ, ākāsānañcāyatanan’ti vuccati.

“They speak of this thing called the ‘dimension of infinite space’.
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कतमंka·ta·maṃ नुnu खोkho आकासानञ्चायतनन्ति?ā·kā·sā·nañ·cā·ya·ta·nan·ti

Katamaṁ nu kho ākāsānañcāyatananti?

What is the dimension of infinite space?
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तस्सtas·sa मय्हं,may·haṃ आवुसो,ā·vu·so एतदहोसि:e·ta·da·ho·si

Tassa mayhaṁ, āvuso, etadahosi:

It occurred to me:
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‘इधi·dha 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 आकासोतिā·kā·so·ti आकासानञ्चायतनंā·kā·sā·nañ·cā·ya·ta·naṃ उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

‘idha bhikkhu sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā ananto ākāsoti 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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इदंi·daṃ वुच्चतिvuc·ca·ti आकासानञ्चायतनन्’ति।ā·kā·sā·nañ·cā·ya·ta·nan

Idaṁ vuccati ākāsānañcāyatanan’ti.

This is called the dimension of infinite space.’
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सोso ख्वाहं,khvā·haṃ आवुसो,ā·vu·so 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 आकासोतिā·kā·so·ti आकासानञ्चायतनंā·kā·sā·nañ·cā·ya·ta·naṃ उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहरामि।vi·ha·rā·mi

So khvāhaṁ, āvuso, sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā ananto ākāsoti ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharāmi.

And so … I was entering and remaining in the dimension of infinite space.
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तस्सtas·sa मय्हं,may·haṃ आवुसो,ā·vu·so इमिनाi·mi·nā विहारेनvi·hā·re·na विहरतोvi·ha·ra·to रूपसहगताrū·pa·sa·ha·ga·tā सञ्ञामनसिकाराsañ·ñā·ma·na·si·kā·rā समुदाचरन्ति।sa·mu·dā·ca·ran·ti

Tassa mayhaṁ, āvuso, iminā vihārena viharato rūpasahagatā saññāmanasikārā samudācaranti.

While I was in that meditation, perception and focus accompanied by forms beset me.
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अथa·tha खोkho मं,maṃ आवुसो,ā·vu·so भगवाbha·ga·vā इद्धियाid·dhi·yā उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Atha kho maṁ, āvuso, bhagavā iddhiyā upasaṅkamitvā etadavoca:

Then the Buddha came up to me with his psychic power and said,
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‘मोग्गल्लान,mog·gal·lā·na मोग्गल्लान।mog·gal·lā·na

‘moggallāna, moggallāna.

‘Moggallāna, Moggallāna!
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मा,mā ब्राह्मण,brāh·ma·ṇa आकासानञ्चायतनंā·kā·sā·nañ·cā·ya·ta·naṃ पमादो,pa·mā·do आकासानञ्चायतनेā·kā·sā·nañ·cā·ya·ta·ne चित्तंcit·taṃ सण्ठपेहि,saṇ·ṭha·pe·hi आकासानञ्चायतनेā·kā·sā·nañ·cā·ya·ta·ne चित्तंcit·taṃ एकोदिंe·ko·diṃ करोहि,ka·ro·hi आकासानञ्चायतनेā·kā·sā·nañ·cā·ya·ta·ne चित्तंcit·taṃ समादहा’ति।sa·mā·da·hā

Mā, brāhmaṇa, ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ pamādo, ākāsānañcāyatane cittaṁ saṇṭhapehi, ākāsānañcāyatane cittaṁ ekodiṁ karohi, ākāsānañcāyatane cittaṁ samādahā’ti.

Don’t neglect the dimension of infinite space, brahmin! Settle your mind in the dimension of infinite space; unify your mind and immerse it in the dimension of infinite space.’
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सोso ख्वाहं,khvā·haṃ आवुसो,ā·vu·so अपरेनa·pa·re·na समयेनsa·ma·ye·na 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 आकासोतिā·kā·so·ti आकासानञ्चायतनंā·kā·sā·nañ·cā·ya·ta·naṃ उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहासिं।vi·hā·siṃ

So khvāhaṁ, āvuso, aparena samayena sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā ananto ākāsoti ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja vihāsiṁ.

And so, after some time … I entered and remained in the dimension of infinite space.
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यञ्हिyañ·hi तं,taṃ आवुसो,ā·vu·so सम्माsam·mā वदमानोva·da·mā·no वदेय्यva·dey·ya …पे…pe महाभिञ्ञतंma·hā·bhiñ·ña·taṃ पत्तो”ति।pat·to

Yañhi taṁ, āvuso, sammā vadamāno vadeyya …pe… mahābhiññataṁ patto”ti.

So if anyone should be rightly called a disciple who attained to great direct knowledge with help from the Teacher, it’s me.”
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पञ्चमं।pañ·ca·maṃ

Pañcamaṁ.

(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.