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# With Poṭṭhapāda 18.1-13

Poṭṭhapādasutta 18.1-13

- **Language:** Pāli

### [18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.18.1)

Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, poṭṭhapāda,

> What do you think, Poṭṭhapāda?  
> — With Poṭṭhapāda

### [18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.18.2)

api nu te ito pubbe evarūpā anupubbābhisaññānirodhasampajānasamāpatti sutapubbā”ti?

> Have you ever heard of this before?”  
> — With Poṭṭhapāda

### [18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.18.3)

“No hetaṃ, bhante.

> “No, sir.  
> — With Poṭṭhapāda

### [18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.18.4)

Evaṃ kho ahaṃ, bhante, bhagavato bhāsitaṃ ājānāmi:

> This is how I understand what the Buddha said:  
> — With Poṭṭhapāda

### [18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.18.5)

‘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.  
> — With Poṭṭhapāda

### [18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.18.6)

tassa saññagge ṭhitassa evaṃ hoti:

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

### [18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.18.7)

“cetayamānassa me pāpiyo, acetayamānassa me seyyo.

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

### [18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.18.8)

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.  
> — With Poṭṭhapāda

### [18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.18.9)

yannūnāhaṃ na ceva ceteyyaṃ, na ca abhisaṅkhareyyan”ti.

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

### [18.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.18.10)

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.  
> — With Poṭṭhapāda

### [18.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.18.11)

So nirodhaṃ phusati.

> They touch cessation.  
> — With Poṭṭhapāda

### [18.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.18.12)

Evaṃ kho, poṭṭhapāda, anupubbābhisaññānirodhasampajānasamāpatti hotī’”ti.

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

### [18.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.18.13)

“Evaṃ, poṭṭhapādā”ti.

> “That’s right, Poṭṭhapāda.”  
> — With Poṭṭhapāda

## Translations (4)

- [Razgovor sa Poṭṭhapādom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9~sr-brankokovacevic.18.1) — sr
- [Mit Poṭṭhapāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9~de-sabbamitta.18.1) — German
- [With Poṭṭhapāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9~en-sujato.18.1) — English
- [Potthapada Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9~en-rhysdavids.1.18) — English

## 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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