Sangitisutta 2.3.28-41
Saṅgītisutta 2.3.28-41
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2.3.28
Satta viññāṇaṭṭhitiyo.
Seven planes of consciousness:
2.3.29
Santāvuso, sattā nānattakāyā nānattasaññino, seyyathāpi manussā ekacce ca devā ekacce ca vinipātikā.
There are sentient beings that are diverse in body and diverse in perception, such as human beings, some gods, and some beings in the underworld.
2.3.30
Ayaṃ paṭhamā viññāṇaṭṭhiti.
This is the first plane of consciousness.
2.3.31
Santāvuso, sattā nānattakāyā ekattasaññino seyyathāpi devā brahmakāyikā paṭhamābhinibbattā.
There are sentient beings that are diverse in body and unified in perception, such as the gods reborn in the Divinity’s host through the first absorption.
2.3.32
Ayaṃ dutiyā viññāṇaṭṭhiti.
This is the second plane of consciousness.
2.3.33
Santāvuso, sattā ekattakāyā nānattasaññino seyyathāpi devā ābhassarā.
There are sentient beings that are unified in body and diverse in perception, such as the gods of sublime luminosity.
2.3.34
Ayaṃ tatiyā viññāṇaṭṭhiti.
This is the third plane of consciousness.
2.3.35
Santāvuso, sattā ekattakāyā ekattasaññino seyyathāpi devā subhakiṇhā.
There are sentient beings that are unified in body and unified in perception, such as the gods of universal beauty.
2.3.36
Ayaṃ catutthī viññāṇaṭṭhiti.
This is the fourth plane of consciousness.
2.3.37
Santāvuso, sattā sabbaso rūpasaññānaṃ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṃ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṃ amanasikārā ‘ananto ākāso’ti ākāsānañcāyatanūpagā.
There are sentient beings that have gone totally beyond perceptions of form. With the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, they have been reborn in the dimension of infinite space.
2.3.38
Ayaṃ pañcamī viññāṇaṭṭhiti.
This is the fifth plane of consciousness.
2.3.39
Santāvuso, sattā sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṃ samatikkamma ‘anantaṃ viññāṇan’ti viññāṇañcāyatanūpagā.
There are sentient beings that have gone totally beyond the dimension of infinite space. Aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, they have been reborn in the dimension of infinite consciousness.
2.3.40
Ayaṃ chaṭṭhī viññāṇaṭṭhiti.
This is the sixth plane of consciousness.
2.3.41
Santāvuso, sattā sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṃ samatikkamma ‘natthi kiñcī’ti ākiñcaññāyatanūpagā.
There are sentient beings that have gone totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness. Aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, they have been reborn in the dimension of nothingness.
Translations (3)
- Zajedničko recitovanje — sr
- Im Chor aufsagen — German
- Reciting in Concert — English
Linked texts (6)
- 增壹阿含經 — Classical Chinese
- 長阿含經 — Classical Chinese
- Dasuttarasutta — Pāli
- 大集法門經 — Classical Chinese
- Cūḷaniddesa — Pāli
- Sattaviññāṇaṭṭhitisutta — Pāli