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Animittapañhāsutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 40।9

Saṁyutta Nikāya 40.9

Linked Discourses 40.9
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1। मोग्गल्लानवग्गmog·gal·lā·na·vag·ga

1. Moggallānavagga

1. By Moggallāna
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अनिमित्तपञ्हासुत्तa·ni·mit·ta·pañ·hā·sut·ta

Animittapañhāsutta

A Question About the Signless
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“‘अनिमित्तोa·ni·mit·to चेतोसमाधि,ce·to·sa·mā·dhi अनिमित्तोa·ni·mit·to चेतोसमाधी’तिce·to·sa·mā·dhī वुच्चति।vuc·ca·ti

“‘Animitto cetosamādhi, animitto cetosamādhī’ti vuccati.

“They speak of this thing called the ‘signless immersion of the heart’.
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कतमोka·ta·mo नुnu खोkho अनिमित्तोa·ni·mit·to चेतोसमाधीति?ce·to·sa·mā·dhī·ti

Katamo nu kho animitto cetosamādhīti?

What is the signless immersion of the heart?
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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 सब्बनिमित्तानंsab·ba·ni·mit·tā·naṃ अमनसिकाराa·ma·na·si·kā·rā अनिमित्तंa·ni·mit·taṃ चेतोसमाधिंce·to·sa·mā·dhiṃ उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहरति।vi·ha·ra·ti

‘idha bhikkhu sabbanimittānaṁ amanasikārā animittaṁ cetosamādhiṁ upasampajja viharati.

‘It’s when a mendicant, not focusing on any signs, enters and remains in the signless immersion of the heart.
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अयंa·yaṃ वुच्चतिvuc·ca·ti अनिमित्तोa·ni·mit·to चेतोसमाधी’ति।ce·to·sa·mā·dhī

Ayaṁ vuccati animitto cetosamādhī’ti.

This is called the signless immersion of the heart.’
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सोso ख्वाहं,khvā·haṃ आवुसो,ā·vu·so सब्बनिमित्तानंsab·ba·ni·mit·tā·naṃ अमनसिकाराa·ma·na·si·kā·rā अनिमित्तंa·ni·mit·taṃ चेतोसमाधिंce·to·sa·mā·dhiṃ उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहरामि।vi·ha·rā·mi

So khvāhaṁ, āvuso, sabbanimittānaṁ amanasikārā animittaṁ cetosamādhiṁ upasampajja viharāmi.

And so … I was entering and remaining in the signless immersion of the heart.
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तस्सtas·sa मय्हं,may·haṃ आवुसो,ā·vu·so इमिनाi·mi·nā विहारेनvi·hā·re·na विहरतोvi·ha·ra·to निमित्तानुसारिni·mit·tā·nu·sā·ri विञ्ञाणंviñ·ñā·ṇaṃ होति।ho·ti

Tassa mayhaṁ, āvuso, iminā vihārena viharato nimittānusāri viññāṇaṁ hoti.

While I was in that meditation, my consciousness followed after signs.
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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 अनिमित्तंa·ni·mit·taṃ चेतोसमाधिंce·to·sa·mā·dhiṃ पमादो,pa·mā·do अनिमित्तेa·ni·mit·te चेतोसमाधिस्मिंce·to·sa·mā·dhis·miṃ चित्तंcit·taṃ सण्ठपेहि,saṇ·ṭha·pe·hi अनिमित्तेa·ni·mit·te चेतोसमाधिस्मिंce·to·sa·mā·dhis·miṃ चित्तंcit·taṃ एकोदिंe·ko·diṃ करोहि,ka·ro·hi अनिमित्तेa·ni·mit·te चेतोसमाधिस्मिंce·to·sa·mā·dhis·miṃ चित्तंcit·taṃ समादहा’ति।sa·mā·da·hā

Mā, brāhmaṇa, animittaṁ cetosamādhiṁ pamādo, animitte cetosamādhismiṁ cittaṁ saṇṭhapehi, animitte cetosamādhismiṁ cittaṁ ekodiṁ karohi, animitte cetosamādhismiṁ cittaṁ samādahā’ti.

Don’t neglect the signless immersion of the heart, brahmin! Settle your mind in the signless immersion of the heart; unify your mind and immerse it in the signless immersion of the heart.’
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सोso ख्वाहं,khvā·haṃ आवुसो,ā·vu·so अपरेनa·pa·re·na समयेनsa·ma·ye·na सब्बनिमित्तानंsab·ba·ni·mit·tā·naṃ अमनसिकाराa·ma·na·si·kā·rā अनिमित्तंa·ni·mit·taṃ चेतोसमाधिंce·to·sa·mā·dhiṃ उपसम्पज्जu·pa·sam·paj·ja विहासिं।vi·hā·siṃ

So khvāhaṁ, āvuso, aparena samayena sabbanimittānaṁ amanasikārā animittaṁ cetosamādhiṁ upasampajja vihāsiṁ.

And so, after some time … I entered and remained in the signless immersion of the heart.
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यञ्हिyañ·hi तं,taṃ आवुसो,ā·vu·so सम्माsam·mā वदमानोva·da·mā·no वदेय्य:va·dey·ya

Yañhi taṁ, āvuso, sammā vadamāno vadeyya:

So if anyone should be rightly called
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‘सत्थारानुग्गहितोsat·thā·rā·nug·ga·hi·to सावकोsā·va·ko महाभिञ्ञतंma·hā·bhiñ·ña·taṃ पत्तो’ति,pat·to ममंma·maṃ तंtaṃ सम्माsam·mā वदमानोva·da·mā·no वदेय्य:va·dey·ya

‘satthārānuggahito sāvako mahābhiññataṁ patto’ti, mamaṁ taṁ sammā vadamāno vadeyya:

a disciple who attained to great direct knowledge with help from the Teacher, it’s me.”
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‘सत्थारानुग्गहितोsat·thā·rā·nug·ga·hi·to सावकोsā·va·ko महाभिञ्ञतंma·hā·bhiñ·ña·taṃ पत्तो’”ति।pat·to

‘satthārānuggahito sāvako mahābhiññataṁ patto’”ti.

(Pāli only)
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नवमं।na·va·maṃ

Navamaṁ.

(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.