Mahaparinibbanasutta 3.29

Mahāparinibbānasutta 3.29

Language: Pāli

3.29.1

Ajjhattaṃ arūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati nīlāni nīlavaṇṇāni nīlanidassanāni nīlanibhāsāni.

Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally that are blue, with blue color and blue appearance.
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

3.29.2

Seyyathāpi nāma umāpupphaṃ nīlaṃ nīlavaṇṇaṃ nīlanidassanaṃ nīlanibhāsaṃ. Seyyathā vā pana taṃ vatthaṃ bārāṇaseyyakaṃ ubhatobhāgavimaṭṭhaṃ nīlaṃ nīlavaṇṇaṃ nīlanidassanaṃ nīlanibhāsaṃ.

They’re like a flax flower that’s blue, with blue color and blue appearance. Or a cloth from Varanasi that’s smoothed on both sides, blue, with blue color and blue appearance.
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

3.29.3

Evameva ajjhattaṃ arūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati nīlāni nīlavaṇṇāni nīlanidassanāni nīlanibhāsāni.

In the same way, not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally, blue, with blue color and blue appearance.
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

3.29.4

‘Tāni abhibhuyya jānāmi passāmī’ti evaṃsaññī hoti.

Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

3.29.5

Idaṃ pañcamaṃ abhibhāyatanaṃ.

This is the fifth dimension of mastery.
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

Translations (5)

Большое наставление об окончательной ниббане — Russian
Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha — German
Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju — sr
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment — English
The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta) — English