With Poṭṭhapāda 18.1-13
Poṭṭhapādasutta 18.1-13
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- Pāli
18.1
Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, poṭṭhapāda,
What do you think, Poṭṭhapāda?
18.2
api nu te ito pubbe evarūpā anupubbābhisaññānirodhasampajānasamāpatti sutapubbā”ti?
Have you ever heard of this before?”
18.3
“No hetaṃ, bhante.
“No, sir.
18.4
Evaṃ kho ahaṃ, bhante, bhagavato bhāsitaṃ ājānāmi:
This is how I understand what the Buddha said:
18.5
‘yato kho, poṭṭhapāda, bhikkhu idha sakasaññī hoti, so tato amutra tato amutra anupubbena saññaggaṃ phusati,
‘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.
18.6
tassa saññagge ṭhitassa evaṃ hoti:
Standing on the peak of perception they think,
18.7
“cetayamānassa me pāpiyo, acetayamānassa me seyyo.
“Intentionality is bad for me, it’s better to be free of it.
18.8
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.
18.9
yannūnāhaṃ na ceva ceteyyaṃ, na ca abhisaṅkhareyyan”ti.
Why don’t I neither make a choice nor form an intention?”
18.10
So na ceva ceteti, na cābhisaṅkharoti, 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.
18.11
So nirodhaṃ phusati.
They touch cessation.
18.12
Evaṃ kho, poṭṭhapāda, anupubbābhisaññānirodhasampajānasamāpatti hotī’”ti.
And that is how the progressive cessation of perception is attained with awareness.’”
18.13
“Evaṃ, poṭṭhapādā”ti.
“That’s right, Poṭṭhapāda.”
Translations (4)
- Razgovor sa Poṭṭhapādom — sr
- Mit Poṭṭhapāda — German
- With Poṭṭhapāda — English
- Potthapada Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) — English
Linked texts (1)
- 長阿含經 — Classical Chinese