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With Poṭṭhapāda 39.1-8

Poṭṭhapādasutta 39.1-8

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Pāli

39.1

“Tayo kho me, poṭṭhapāda, attapaṭilābhā—

“Poṭṭhapāda, there are these three kinds of incarnation:

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39.2

oḷāriko attapaṭilābho, manomayo attapaṭilābho, arūpo attapaṭilābho.

a solid incarnation, a mind-made incarnation, and a formless incarnation.

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39.3

Katamo ca, poṭṭhapāda, oḷāriko attapaṭilābho?

And what is a solid incarnation?

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39.4

Rūpī cātumahābhūtiko kabaḷīkārāhārabhakkho, ayaṃ oḷāriko attapaṭilābho.

It is formed, made up of the four principal states, and consumes edible food.

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39.5

Katamo manomayo attapaṭilābho?

What is a mind-made incarnation?

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39.6

Rūpī manomayo sabbaṅgapaccaṅgī ahīnindriyo, ayaṃ manomayo attapaṭilābho.

It is formed, mind-made, whole in its major and minor limbs, not deficient in any faculty.

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39.7

Katamo arūpo attapaṭilābho?

What is a formless incarnation?

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39.8

Arūpī saññāmayo, ayaṃ arūpo attapaṭilābho.

It is formless, made of perception.

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