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Mahanidanasutta 35.1-19

Mahānidānasutta 35.1-19

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35.1

Aṭṭha kho ime, ānanda, vimokkhā.

Ānanda, there are these eight liberations.

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35.2

Katame aṭṭha?

What eight?

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35.3

Rūpī rūpāni passati

Having physical form, they see forms.

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35.4

ayaṃ paṭhamo vimokkho.

This is the first liberation.

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35.5

Ajjhattaṃ arūpasaññī bahiddhā rūpāni passati,

Not perceiving form internally, they see forms externally.

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35.6

ayaṃ dutiyo vimokkho.

This is the second liberation.

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35.7

Subhanteva adhimutto hoti,

They’re focused only on beauty.

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35.8

ayaṃ tatiyo vimokkho.

This is the third liberation.

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35.9

Sabbaso rūpasaññānaṃ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṃ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṃ amanasikārā ‘ananto ākāso’ti ākāsānañcāyatanaṃ upasampajja viharati,

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.

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35.10

ayaṃ catuttho vimokkho.

This is the fourth liberation.

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35.11

Sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṃ samatikkamma ‘anantaṃ viññāṇan’ti viññāṇañcāyatanaṃ upasampajja viharati,

Going totally beyond the dimension of infinite space, aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, they enter and remain in the dimension of infinite consciousness.

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35.12

ayaṃ pañcamo vimokkho.

This is the fifth liberation.

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35.13

Sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṃ samatikkamma ‘natthi kiñcī’ti ākiñcaññāyatanaṃ upasampajja viharati,

Going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, they enter and remain in the dimension of nothingness.

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35.14

ayaṃ chaṭṭho vimokkho.

This is the sixth liberation.

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35.15

Sabbaso ākiñcaññāyatanaṃ samatikkamma nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṃ upasampajja viharati,

Going totally beyond the dimension of nothingness, they enter and remain in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception.

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35.16

ayaṃ sattamo vimokkho.

This is the seventh liberation.

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35.17

Sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṃ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṃ upasampajja viharati,

Going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, they enter and remain in the cessation of perception and feeling.

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35.18

ayaṃ aṭṭhamo vimokkho.

This is the eighth liberation.

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35.19

Ime kho, ānanda, aṭṭha vimokkhā.

These are the eight liberations.

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