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AN 1.394Another Chapter on a Finger-Snap · 29. Aparaaccharāsaṅghātavagga
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Buddhism · Sutta Pitaka · Numbered Discourses (Aṅguttara)
AN 1.394
Another Chapter on a Finger-Snap · 29. Aparaaccharāsaṅghātavagga
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“If, mendicants, a mendicant develops the first absorption, even as long as a finger-snap, they are called a mendicant who does not lack absorption, who follows the Teacher’s instructions, who responds to advice, and who does not eat the country’s alms in vain. How much more so those who make much of it!”
“If they generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that bad, unskillful qualities don’t arise, even for the time of a finger-snap …
If they generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that bad, unskillful qualities that have arisen are given up, even for the time of a finger-snap …
If they generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities that have arisen remain, are not lost, but increase, mature, and are fully developed, even for the time of a finger-snap …”
Not perceiving form internally, they see forms externally that are blue, with blue color and blue appearance. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’ …
Not perceiving form internally, they see forms externally that are yellow, with yellow color and yellow appearance. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’ …
Not perceiving form internally, they see forms externally that are red, with red color and red appearance. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’ …
Not perceiving form internally, they see forms externally that are white, with white color and white appearance. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’ …”
not perceiving form internally, they see forms externally …
ajjhattaṁ arūpasaññī bahiddhā rūpāni passati …
they’re focused only on beauty …
subhanteva adhimutto hoti …
going totally beyond perceptions of form, with the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, they enter and remain in the dimension of infinite space …
going totally beyond the dimension of infinite space, aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, they enter and remain in the dimension of infinite consciousness …
going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, they enter and remain in the dimension of nothingness …
the perception of dissatisfaction with the whole world …
sabbaloke anabhiratisaññaṁ bhāveti …
the perception of impermanence …
aniccasaññaṁ bhāveti …
the perception of suffering in impermanence …
anicce dukkhasaññaṁ bhāveti …
the perception of not-self in suffering …
dukkhe anattasaññaṁ bhāveti …
the perception of giving up …
pahānasaññaṁ bhāveti …
the perception of fading away …
virāgasaññaṁ bhāveti …
the perception of cessation …”
nirodhasaññaṁ bhāveti ….
“They develop the perception of impermanence …
Aniccasaññaṁ bhāveti …
the perception of not-self …
anattasaññaṁ bhāveti …
the perception of death …
maraṇasaññaṁ bhāveti …
the perception of the repulsiveness of food …
āhāre paṭikūlasaññaṁ bhāveti …
the perception of dissatisfaction with the whole world …
sabbaloke anabhiratisaññaṁ bhāveti …
the perception of a skeleton …
aṭṭhikasaññaṁ bhāveti …
the perception of the worm-infested corpse …
puḷavakasaññaṁ bhāveti …
the perception of the livid corpse …
vinīlakasaññaṁ bhāveti …
the perception of the split open corpse …
vicchiddakasaññaṁ bhāveti …
the perception of the bloated corpse …”
uddhumātakasaññaṁ bhāveti ….
“They develop the recollection of the Buddha …
Buddhānussatiṁ bhāveti …
the recollection of the teaching …
dhammānussatiṁ bhāveti …
the recollection of the Saṅgha …
saṅghānussatiṁ bhāveti …
the recollection of ethical conduct …
sīlānussatiṁ bhāveti …
the recollection of generosity …
cāgānussatiṁ bhāveti …
the recollection of the deities …
devatānussatiṁ bhāveti …
mindfulness of breathing …
ānāpānassatiṁ bhāveti …
mindfulness of death …
maraṇassatiṁ bhāveti …
mindfulness of the body …
kāyagatāsatiṁ bhāveti …
the recollection of peace …”
upasamānussatiṁ bhāveti ….
“They develop the faculty of faith together with the first absorption …
Paṭhamajjhānasahagataṁ saddhindriyaṁ bhāveti …
the faculty of energy …
vīriyindriyaṁ bhāveti …
the faculty of mindfulness …
satindriyaṁ bhāveti …
the faculty of immersion …
samādhindriyaṁ bhāveti …
the faculty of wisdom …
paññindriyaṁ bhāveti …
the power of faith …
saddhābalaṁ bhāveti …
the power of energy …
vīriyabalaṁ bhāveti …
the power of mindfulness …
satibalaṁ bhāveti …
the power of immersion …
samādhibalaṁ bhāveti …
the power of wisdom together with the first absorption …
paññābalaṁ bhāveti ….
the second absorption …
Dutiyajjhānasahagataṁ …pe…
the third absorption …
tatiyajjhānasahagataṁ …pe…
the fourth absorption …
catutthajjhānasahagataṁ …pe…
love …
mettāsahagataṁ …pe…
compassion …
karuṇāsahagataṁ …pe…
rejoicing …
muditāsahagataṁ …pe…
They develop the faculty of faith together with equanimity …
upekkhāsahagataṁ saddhindriyaṁ bhāveti …
They develop the faculty of energy …
vīriyindriyaṁ bhāveti …
the faculty of mindfulness …
satindriyaṁ bhāveti …
the faculty of immersion …
samādhindriyaṁ bhāveti …
the faculty of wisdom …
paññindriyaṁ bhāveti …
the power of faith …
saddhābalaṁ bhāveti …
the power of energy …
vīriyabalaṁ bhāveti …
the power of mindfulness …
satibalaṁ bhāveti …
the power of immersion …
samādhibalaṁ bhāveti …
the power of wisdom.
paññābalaṁ bhāveti.
That mendicant is called a mendicant who does not lack absorption, who follows the Teacher’s instructions, who responds to advice, and who does not eat the country’s alms in vain. How much more so those who make much of it!”
Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave: ‘bhikkhu arittajjhāno viharati satthusāsanakaro ovādapatikaro, amoghaṁ raṭṭhapiṇḍaṁ bhuñjati’. Ko pana vādo ye naṁ bahulīkarontī”ti. (Aparaaccharāsaṅghātavaggo.)
