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Sangitisutta 3.1.168-183

Saṅgītisutta 3.1.168-183

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3.1.168

Aṭṭha vimokkhā.

Eight liberations:

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3.1.169

Rūpī rūpāni passati.

Having physical form, they see forms.

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3.1.170

Ayaṃ paṭhamo vimokkho.

This is the first liberation.

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3.1.171

Ajjhattaṃ arūpasaññī bahiddhā rūpāni passati.

Not perceiving physical form internally, they see forms externally.

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3.1.172

Ayaṃ dutiyo vimokkho.

This is the second liberation.

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3.1.173

Subhanteva adhimutto hoti.

They’re focused only on beauty.

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3.1.174

Ayaṃ tatiyo vimokkho.

This is the third liberation.

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3.1.175

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.

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3.1.176

Ayaṃ catuttho vimokkho.

This is the fourth liberation.

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3.1.177

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.

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3.1.178

Ayaṃ pañcamo vimokkho.

This is the fifth liberation.

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3.1.179

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.

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3.1.180

Ayaṃ chaṭṭho vimokkho.

This is the sixth liberation.

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3.1.181

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.

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3.1.182

Ayaṃ sattamo vimokkho.

This is the seventh liberation.

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3.1.183

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.

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