Mahaparinibbanasutta 3.30

Mahāparinibbānasutta 3.30

Language: Pāli

3.30.1

Ajjhattaṃ arūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati pītāni pītavaṇṇāni pītanidassanāni pītanibhāsāni.

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

3.30.2

Seyyathāpi nāma kaṇikārapupphaṃ pītaṃ pītavaṇṇaṃ pītanidassanaṃ pītanibhāsaṃ. Seyyathā vā pana taṃ vatthaṃ bārāṇaseyyakaṃ ubhatobhāgavimaṭṭhaṃ pītaṃ pītavaṇṇaṃ pītanidassanaṃ pītanibhāsaṃ.

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

3.30.3

Evameva ajjhattaṃ arūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati pītāni pītavaṇṇāni pītanidassanāni pītanibhāsāni.

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

3.30.4

‘Tāni abhibhuyya jānāmi passāmī’ti evaṃsaññī hoti.

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

3.30.5

Idaṃ chaṭṭhaṃ abhibhāyatanaṃ.

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

Translations (4)

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