[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [Mahanidanasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15) › 35.1-19 # Mahanidanasutta 35.1-19 Mahānidānasutta 35.1-19 - **Language:** Pāli ### [35.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.35.1) Aṭṭha kho ime, ānanda, vimokkhā. > Ānanda, there are these eight liberations. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [35.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.35.2) Katame aṭṭha? > What eight? > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [35.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.35.3) Rūpī rūpāni passati > Having physical form, they see forms. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [35.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.35.4) ayaṃ paṭhamo vimokkho. > This is the first liberation. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [35.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.35.5) Ajjhattaṃ arūpasaññī bahiddhā rūpāni passati, > Not perceiving form internally, they see forms externally. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [35.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.35.6) ayaṃ dutiyo vimokkho. > This is the second liberation. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [35.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.35.7) Subhanteva adhimutto hoti, > They’re focused only on beauty. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [35.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.35.8) ayaṃ tatiyo vimokkho. > This is the third liberation. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [35.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.35.9) 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. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [35.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.35.10) ayaṃ catuttho vimokkho. > This is the fourth liberation. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [35.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.35.11) 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. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [35.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.35.12) ayaṃ pañcamo vimokkho. > This is the fifth liberation. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [35.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.35.13) 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. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [35.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.35.14) ayaṃ chaṭṭho vimokkho. > This is the sixth liberation. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [35.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.35.15) 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. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [35.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.35.16) ayaṃ sattamo vimokkho. > This is the seventh liberation. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [35.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.35.17) 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. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [35.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.35.18) ayaṃ aṭṭhamo vimokkho. > This is the eighth liberation. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [35.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.35.19) Ime kho, ānanda, aṭṭha vimokkhā. > These are the eight liberations. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ## Translations (4) - [Большое наставление об обусловленности](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~ru-khantibalo.35.1) — Russian - [Dugi govor o uzročnosti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~sr-brankokovacevic.35.1) — sr - [The Great Discourse on Causation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~en-sujato.35.1) — English - [Die große Lehrrede über das Kausalprinzip](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~de-sabbamitta.35.1) — German ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.15.129) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (13) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.97.119) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.13.73) — Classical Chinese - [Mahāparinibbānasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.33.1) — Pāli - 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