Dighanikaya 9.413_3

9.413_3

Yasmā pana aṭṭhamasamāpattiyā aṅgato sammasanaṃ buddhānaṃyeva hoti, sāvakesu sāriputtasadisānampi natthi, kalāpato sammasanaṃyeva pana sāvakānaṃ hoti, idañca ‘‘saññā saññā’’ti, evaṃ aṅgato sammasanaṃ uddhaṭaṃ. Tasmā ākiñcaññāyatanaparamaṃyeva saññaṃ dassetvā puna tadeva saññagganti dassetuṃ ‘‘yato kho poṭṭhapāda…pe… saññaggaṃ phusatī’’ti āha.

However, because comprehension factor-by-factor of the eighth attainment belongs exclusively to the Buddhas, and does not belong even to those among disciples who are like Sāriputta—rather, comprehension in groups alone belongs to disciples—and here comprehension factor-by-factor is set out as 'perception, perception', therefore, having shown perception ending precisely with the base of nothingness, in order to show that this very thing is the peak of perception, he said: 'When indeed, Poṭṭhapāda… and so forth… touches the peak of perception.'