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Mahaparinibbanasutta 3.32

Mahāparinibbānasutta 3.32

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Pāli

3.32.1

Ajjhattaṃ arūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati odātāni odātavaṇṇāni odātanidassanāni odātanibhāsāni.

Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally that are white, with white color and white appearance.

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

3.32.2

Seyyathāpi nāma osadhitārakā odātā odātavaṇṇā odātanidassanā odātanibhāsā. Seyyathā vā pana taṃ vatthaṃ bārāṇaseyyakaṃ ubhatobhāgavimaṭṭhaṃ odātaṃ odātavaṇṇaṃ odātanidassanaṃ odātanibhāsaṃ.

They’re like the morning star that’s white, with white color and white appearance. Or a cloth from Varanasi that’s smoothed on both sides, white, with white color and white appearance.

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

3.32.3

Evameva ajjhattaṃ arūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati odātāni odātavaṇṇāni odātanidassanāni odātanibhāsāni.

In the same way, not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally that are white, with white color and white appearance.

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

3.32.4

‘Tāni abhibhuyya jānāmi passāmī’ti evaṃsaññī hoti.

Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

3.32.5

Idaṃ aṭṭhamaṃ abhibhāyatanaṃ.

This is the eighth dimension of mastery.

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

3.32.6

Imāni kho, ānanda, aṭṭha abhibhāyatanāni.

These are the eight dimensions of mastery.

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

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