Anguttaranikaya 8.2.2.5.65_2

8.2.2.5.65_2

Eko bahiddhā rūpāni passatīti yassevaṃ parikammaṃ ajjhattaṃ uppannaṃ hoti, nimittaṃ pana bahiddhā, so evaṃ ajjhattaṃ parikammassa bahiddhā ca appanāya vasena ‘‘ajjhattaṃ rūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passatī’’ti vuccati. Parittānīti avaḍḍhitāni. Suvaṇṇadubbaṇṇānīti suvaṇṇāni vā hontu dubbaṇṇāni vā, parittavaseneva idaṃ abhibhāyatanaṃ vuttanti veditabbaṃ. Tāni abhibhuyyāti yathā nāma sampannaggahaṇiko kaṭacchumattaṃ bhattaṃ labhitvā ‘‘kiṃ ettha bhuñjitabbaṃ atthī’’ti saṃkaḍḍhitvā ekakabaḷameva karoti, evameva ñāṇuttariko puggalo visadañāṇo ‘‘kimettha parittake ārammaṇe samāpajjitabbaṃ atthi, nāyaṃ mama bhāro’’ti tāni rūpāni abhibhavitvā samāpajjati, saha nimittuppādenevettha appanaṃ pāpetīti attho. Jānāmi passāmīti iminā panassa ābhogo kathito. So ca kho samāpattito vuṭṭhitassa, na antosamāpattiyaṃ. Evaṃsaññī hotīti ābhogasaññāyapi jhānasaññāyapi evaṃsaññī hoti. Abhibhavanasaññā hissa antosamāpattiyampi atthi, ābhogasaññā pana samāpattito vuṭṭhitasseva.

'One sees forms externally' (eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati): for one whose preliminary work has arisen internally in this manner, but the sign [arises] externally, he is said to be 'perceiving form internally, one sees forms externally' by virtue of the internal preliminary work and the external absorption. 'Limited' (parittāni) means unexpanded. 'Beautiful and ugly' (suvaṇṇadubbaṇṇāni) means whether they are beautiful or ugly, it should be understood that this base of mastery is spoken of purely with respect to what is limited. 'Having mastered them' (tāni abhibhuyya): just as a man with a hearty appetite, having received a mere spoonful of food, pushes it together and makes a single mouthful, thinking, 'What is there to eat here?', even so an individual of superior knowledge, with clear knowledge, thinking, 'What is there to attain in this limited object? This is no burden for me,' masters those forms and attains [absorption]; the meaning is that right with the arising of the sign he brings about absorption. By 'I know, I see' (jānāmi passāmi), his advertence is spoken of. And that belongs to one who has emerged from the attainment, not inside the attainment. 'Is so perceiving' (evaṃsaññī hoti): he is one who is so perceiving both by perception of advertence and by perception of jhāna. For his perception of mastery exists even inside the attainment, but the perception of advertence belongs only to one who has emerged from the attainment.