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# With Poṭṭhapāda 17.1-9

Poṭṭhapādasutta 17.1-9

- **Language:** Pāli

### [17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.17.1)

“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.  
> — With Poṭṭhapāda

### [17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.17.2)

Tassa saññagge ṭhitassa evaṃ hoti:

> Standing on the peak of perception they think,  
> — With Poṭṭhapāda

### [17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.17.3)

‘cetayamānassa me pāpiyo, acetayamānassa me seyyo.

> ‘Intentionality is bad for me, it’s better to be free of it.  
> — With Poṭṭhapāda

### [17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.17.4)

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.  
> — With Poṭṭhapāda

### [17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.17.5)

yannūnāhaṃ na ceva ceteyyaṃ na ca abhisaṅkhareyyan’ti.

> Why don’t I neither make a choice nor form an intention?’  
> — With Poṭṭhapāda

### [17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.17.6)

So na ceva ceteti, na ca abhisaṅkharoti.

> They neither make a choice nor form an intention.  
> — With Poṭṭhapāda

### [17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.17.7)

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.  
> — With Poṭṭhapāda

### [17.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.17.8)

So nirodhaṃ phusati.

> They touch cessation.  
> — With Poṭṭhapāda

### [17.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.17.9)

Evaṃ kho, poṭṭhapāda, anupubbābhisaññānirodhasampajānasamāpatti hoti.

> And that, Poṭṭhapāda, is how the progressive cessation of perception is attained with awareness.  
> — With Poṭṭhapāda

## Translations (4)

- [Mit Poṭṭhapāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9~de-sabbamitta.17.1) — German
- [With Poṭṭhapāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9~en-sujato.17.1) — English
- [Razgovor sa Poṭṭhapādom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9~sr-brankokovacevic.17.1) — sr
- [Potthapada Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9~en-rhysdavids.1.17) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.9.414) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.28.9) — Classical Chinese

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