Dighanikaya 0.56

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Atha kho āyasmā ānando – ‘sve sannipāto, na kho metaṃ patirūpaṃ yvāhaṃ sekkho samāno sannipātaṃ gaccheyya’nti, bahudeva rattiṃ kāyagatāya satiyā vītināmetvā rattiyā paccūsasamaye caṅkamā orohitvā vihāraṃ pavisitvā ‘‘nipajjissāmī’’ti kāyaṃ āvajjesi, dve pādā bhūmito muttā, apattañca sīsaṃ bimbohanaṃ, etasmiṃ antare anupādāya āsavehi cittaṃ vimucci. Ayañhi āyasmā caṅkamena bahi vītināmetvā visesaṃ nibbattetuṃ asakkonto cintesi – ‘‘nanu maṃ bhagavā etadavoca – ‘katapuññosi tvaṃ, ānanda, padhānamanuyuñja, khippaṃ hohisi anāsavo’ti (dī. ni. 2.207). Buddhānañca kathādoso nāma natthi, mama pana accāraddhaṃ vīriyaṃ, tena me cittaṃ uddhaccāya saṃvattati. Handāhaṃ vīriyasamataṃ yojemī’’ti, caṅkamā orohitvā pādadhovanaṭṭhāne ṭhatvā pāde dhovitvā vihāraṃ pavisitvā mañcake nisīditvā, ‘‘thokaṃ vissamissāmī’’ti kāyaṃ mañcake apanāmesi. Dve pādā bhūmito muttā, sīsaṃ bimbohanamappattaṃ, etasmiṃ antare anupādāya āsavehi cittaṃ vimuttaṃ, catuiriyāpathavirahitaṃ therassa arahattaṃ. Tena ‘‘imasmiṃ sāsane anipanno anisinno aṭṭhito acaṅkamanto ko bhikkhu arahattaṃ patto’’ti vutte ‘‘ānandatthero’’ti vattuṃ vaṭṭati.

Then the Venerable Ānanda thought: "Tomorrow is the assembly; it is not fitting for me to go to the assembly while remaining a trainee." Having spent much of the night in mindfulness directed to the body, at dawn he descended from the walkway, entered his dwelling, and bent his body, thinking, "I will lie down." His two feet were off the ground and his head had not yet reached the pillow—in this interval, his mind was liberated from the effluents without clinging. For this venerable one, having spent [the night] outside on the walkway, had been unable to generate the distinction, and thought: "Did not the Blessed One tell me this: 'Ānanda, you have made merit; apply yourself to striving; soon you will be free of effluents'? And there is no fault in the speech of the Buddhas, but my energy is too aroused; because of that my mind tends toward restlessness. Come, let me adjust the balance of my energy." Having descended from the walkway, he stood at the foot-washing place, washed his feet, entered the dwelling, sat down on the couch, and bent his body onto the couch, thinking, "I will rest a little." His two feet were off the ground, his head had not yet reached the pillow—in this interval, his mind was liberated from the effluents without clinging. The elder’s arahantship was free of the four postures. Therefore, when it is said, "Which monk in this Dispensation attained arahantship neither lying down, nor sitting, nor standing, nor walking?" it is fitting to say, "The elder Ānanda."