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> — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.13) Saññā hi, bho, purisassa attā. > Perception is a person’s self, > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.14) Sā ca kho upetipi apetipi. > which enters and departs. > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.15) Yasmiṃ samaye upeti, saññī tasmiṃ samaye hoti. > When it enters, you become percipient. > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.16) Yasmiṃ samaye apeti, asaññī tasmiṃ samaye hotī’ti. > When it departs, you become non-percipient.’ > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.17) Ittheke abhisaññānirodhaṃ paññapenti. > That’s how some describe the cessation of perception. > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.18) Tamañño evamāha: > But someone else says: > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.19) ‘na kho pana metaṃ, bho, evaṃ bhavissati. > ‘That’s not how it is, good fellows! > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.20) Santi hi, bho, samaṇabrāhmaṇā mahiddhikā mahānubhāvā. > There are ascetics and brahmins of great power and might. > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.21) Te imassa purisassa saññaṃ upakaḍḍhantipi apakaḍḍhantipi. > They insert and extract a person’s perception. > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.22) Yasmiṃ samaye upakaḍḍhanti, saññī tasmiṃ samaye hoti. > When they insert it, you become percipient. > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.23) Yasmiṃ samaye apakaḍḍhanti, asaññī tasmiṃ samaye hotī’ti. > When they extract it, you become non-percipient.’ > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.24) Ittheke abhisaññānirodhaṃ paññapenti. > That’s how some describe the cessation of perception. > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.25) Tamañño evamāha: > But someone else says: > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.26) ‘na kho pana metaṃ, bho, evaṃ bhavissati. > ‘That’s not how it is, good fellows! > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.27) Santi hi, bho, devatā mahiddhikā mahānubhāvā. > There are deities of great power and might. > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.28) Tā imassa purisassa saññaṃ upakaḍḍhantipi apakaḍḍhantipi. > They insert and extract a person’s perception. > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.29) Yasmiṃ samaye upakaḍḍhanti, saññī tasmiṃ samaye hoti. > When they insert it, you become percipient. > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.30) Yasmiṃ samaye apakaḍḍhanti, asaññī tasmiṃ samaye hotī’ti. > When they extract it, you become non-percipient.’ > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.31) Ittheke abhisaññānirodhaṃ paññapenti. > That’s how some describe the cessation of perception. > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.32) Tassa mayhaṃ, bhante, bhagavantaṃyeva ārabbha sati udapādi: > That reminded me of the Buddha: > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.33) ‘aho nūna bhagavā, aho nūna sugato, yo imesaṃ dhammānaṃ sukusalo’ti. > ‘Surely it must be the Blessed One, the Holy One who is so very skilled in such matters.’ > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.34) Bhagavā, bhante, kusalo, bhagavā pakataññū abhisaññānirodhassa. > The Buddha is skilled and well-versed concerning the cessation of perception. > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.35) Kathaṃ nu kho, bhante, abhisaññānirodho hotī”ti? > How does the cessation of perception happen?” > — With Poṭṭhapāda ## Translations (4) - [Razgovor sa Poṭṭhapādom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9~sr-brankokovacevic.6.1) — sr - [Mit Poṭṭhapāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9~de-sabbamitta.6.1) — German - [With Poṭṭhapāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9~en-sujato.6.1) — English - [Potthapada Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9~en-rhysdavids.1.6) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.9.411) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (2) - [Cūḷasakuludāyisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.79.5.2) — Pāli - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.28.7) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.1-35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.6.1-35) · Pramāṇa