Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c19.s2.6

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¹⁴⁵ SN. II. 121ff. cf. Buddhaghosa's ref. to the class of "Sukhavipassakas" (Vm. 499). MM. V. Bhattacharya considers the Nirodhasamāpatti at length in ĀŚ. p. 95ff and is inclined to see in it the original contribution of Buddha. He equates it to the Asparśayoga of Gauḍapāda. One would only like to observe that for Buddha to go beyond his teachers it was not necessary for him to discover a ninth samāpatti (cf. Keith. B. P. pp. 124-5). His originality appears to have consisted in the association of Samādhi and Paññā in order to advance from the Jhānas to the Three Vijjās and Sambodhi.