With Poṭṭhapāda 17.1-9
Poṭṭhapādasutta 17.1-9
- Language
- Pāli
17.1
“Yato kho, poṭṭhapāda, bhikkhu idha sakasaññī hoti, so tato amutra tato amutra anupubbena saññaggaṃ phusati.
“Poṭṭhapāda, from the time a mendicant here takes charge of their own perception, they proceed from one stage to the next, progressively reaching the peak of perception.
17.2
Tassa saññagge ṭhitassa evaṃ hoti:
Standing on the peak of perception they think,
17.3
‘cetayamānassa me pāpiyo, acetayamānassa me seyyo.
‘Intentionality is bad for me, it’s better to be free of it.
17.4
Ahañceva kho pana ceteyyaṃ, abhisaṅkhareyyaṃ, imā ca me saññā nirujjheyyuṃ, aññā ca oḷārikā saññā uppajjeyyuṃ;
For if I were to intend and choose, these perceptions would cease in me, and other coarser perceptions would arise.
17.5
yannūnāhaṃ na ceva ceteyyaṃ na ca abhisaṅkhareyyan’ti.
Why don’t I neither make a choice nor form an intention?’
17.6
So na ceva ceteti, na ca abhisaṅkharoti.
They neither make a choice nor form an intention.
17.7
Tassa acetayato anabhisaṅkharoto tā ceva saññā nirujjhanti, aññā ca oḷārikā saññā na uppajjanti.
Those perceptions cease in them, and other coarser perceptions don’t arise.
17.8
So nirodhaṃ phusati.
They touch cessation.
17.9
Evaṃ kho, poṭṭhapāda, anupubbābhisaññānirodhasampajānasamāpatti hoti.
And that, Poṭṭhapāda, is how the progressive cessation of perception is attained with awareness.
Translations (4)
- Mit Poṭṭhapāda — German
- With Poṭṭhapāda — English
- Razgovor sa Poṭṭhapādom — sr
- Potthapada Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) — English
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Linked texts (1)
- 長阿含經 — Classical Chinese