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Ākiñcaññāyatanapañhāsutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 40।7

Saṁyutta Nikāya 40.7

Linked Discourses 40.7
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1। मोग्गल्लानवग्गmog·gal·lā·na·vag·ga

1. Moggallānavagga

1. By Moggallāna
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आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनपञ्हासुत्तā·kiñ·cañ·ñā·ya·ta·na·pañ·hā·sut·ta

Ākiñcaññāyatanapañhāsutta

A Question About the Dimension of Nothingness
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“‘आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनं,ā·kiñ·cañ·ñā·ya·ta·naṃ आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनन्’तिā·kiñ·cañ·ñā·ya·ta·nan वुच्चति।vuc·ca·ti

“‘Ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ, ākiñcaññāyatanan’ti vuccati.

“They speak of this thing called the ‘dimension of nothingness’.
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कतमंka·ta·maṃ नुnu खोkho आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनन्ति?ā·kiñ·cañ·ñā·ya·ta·nan·ti

Katamaṁ nu kho ākiñcaññāyatananti?

What is the dimension of nothingness?
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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 विञ्ञाणञ्चायतनंviñ·ñā·ṇañ·cā·ya·ta·naṃ समतिक्कम्मsa·ma·tik·kam·ma नत्थिnat·thi किञ्चीतिkiñ·cī·ti आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनंā·kiñ·cañ·ñā·ya·ta·naṃ उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

‘idha bhikkhu sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma natthi kiñcīti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.

‘It’s when 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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इदंi·daṃ वुच्चतिvuc·ca·ti आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनन्’ति।ā·kiñ·cañ·ñā·ya·ta·nan

Idaṁ vuccati ākiñcaññāyatanan’ti.

This is called the dimension of nothingness.’
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सोso ख्वाहं,khvā·haṃ आवुसो,ā·vu·so सब्बसोsab·ba·so विञ्ञाणञ्चायतनंviñ·ñā·ṇañ·cā·ya·ta·naṃ समतिक्कम्मsa·ma·tik·kam·ma नत्थिnat·thi किञ्चीतिkiñ·cī·ti आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनंā·kiñ·cañ·ñā·ya·ta·naṃ उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहरामि।vi·ha·rā·mi

So khvāhaṁ, āvuso, sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma natthi kiñcīti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharāmi.

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

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

While I was in that meditation, perception and focus accompanied by the dimension of infinite consciousness 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 आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनंā·kiñ·cañ·ñā·ya·ta·naṃ पमादो,pa·mā·do आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनेā·kiñ·cañ·ñā·ya·ta·ne चित्तंcit·taṃ सण्ठपेहि,saṇ·ṭha·pe·hi आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनेā·kiñ·cañ·ñā·ya·ta·ne चित्तंcit·taṃ एकोदिंe·ko·diṃ करोहि,ka·ro·hi आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनेā·kiñ·cañ·ñā·ya·ta·ne चित्तंcit·taṃ समादहा’ति।sa·mā·da·hā

Mā, brāhmaṇa, ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ pamādo, ākiñcaññāyatane cittaṁ saṇṭhapehi, ākiñcaññāyatane cittaṁ ekodiṁ karohi, ākiñcaññāyatane cittaṁ samādahā’ti.

Don’t neglect the dimension of nothingness, brahmin! Settle your mind in the dimension of nothingness; unify your mind and immerse it in the dimension of nothingness.’
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सोso ख्वाहं,khvā·haṃ आवुसो,ā·vu·so अपरेनa·pa·re·na समयेनsa·ma·ye·na सब्बसोsab·ba·so विञ्ञाणञ्चायतनंviñ·ñā·ṇañ·cā·ya·ta·naṃ समतिक्कम्मsa·ma·tik·kam·ma नत्थिnat·thi किञ्चीतिkiñ·cī·ti आकिञ्चञ्ञायतनंā·kiñ·cañ·ñā·ya·ta·naṃ उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहासिं।vi·hā·siṃ

So khvāhaṁ, āvuso, aparena samayena sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma natthi kiñcīti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja vihāsiṁ.

And so, after some time … I entered and remained in the dimension of nothingness.
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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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सत्तमं।sat·ta·maṃ

Sattamaṁ.

(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.