Äloka-saƱƱaį¹ manasi karoti, |
Luminosity-perception: (his) mind attends. |
DivÄ-saƱƱaį¹ adhiį¹į¹hÄti— |
daytime-perception (he is) resolved on. |
yathÄ divÄ tathÄ rattiį¹, |
as-by Day so-by night, |
yathÄ rattiį¹ tathÄ divÄ. |
As-by-night so-by day, |
Iti vivaį¹ena cetasÄ a-pariyonaddhena |
(By means of an) *** open awareness, un-enveloped, |
Sap-pabhÄsaį¹ cittaį¹ bhÄveti. |
***-brightened mind, (he) develops. |
(1) pe ... āpubbÄhaį¹, bhikkhave, sambodhÄ anabhisambuddho bodhisattova samÄno |
(1) The Blessed One said, āMonks, before my self-awakening, when I was still just an unawakened bodhisatta, |
obhÄsaƱƱeva kho saƱjÄnÄmi, |
I perceived light |
no ca rÅ«pÄni passÄmiā. |
but did not see forms. |
ā¦ ātassa mayhaį¹, bhikkhave, etadahosi — |
The thought occurred to me, |
āsace kho ahaį¹ obhÄsaƱceva saƱjÄneyyaį¹ rÅ«pÄni ca passeyyaį¹; |
āIf I perceived light and saw forms, |
evaį¹ me idaį¹ ƱÄį¹adassanaį¹ parisuddhataraį¹ assÄāāti. |
then this knowledge-&-vision of mine would be purer.ā |
ā¦ |
ā¦ |
(8) ā¦ āso kho ahaį¹, bhikkhave, aparena samayena |
(8) āSo, at a later time— |
appamatto ÄtÄpÄ« pahitatto viharanto |
staying heedful, ardent, & resolute— |
2. obhÄsaƱceva saƱjÄnÄmi, rÅ«pÄni ca passÄmi, |
2. I perceived light and saw forms; |
3. tÄhi ca devatÄhi saddhiį¹ santiį¹į¹hÄmi sallapÄmi sÄkacchaį¹ samÄpajjÄmi, |
3. and associated with those devas, conversed with them, and engaged them in discussion; |
tÄ ca devatÄ jÄnÄmi — |
and I also knew of those devas that |
4. āimÄ devatÄ amukamhÄ vÄ amukamhÄ vÄ devanikÄyÄāti, |
4. āThese devas are from this or that deva hostā; |
tÄ ca devatÄ jÄnÄmi — |
and I also knew of those devas that |
5. āimÄ devatÄ imassa kammassa vipÄkena ito cutÄ tattha upapannÄāti, |
5. āAs a result of this kamma, these devas fell away from here and reappeared thereā; |
tÄ ca devatÄ jÄnÄmi — |
and I also knew of those devas that |
6. āimÄ devatÄ evamÄhÄrÄ evaį¹sukhadukkhappaį¹isaį¹vediniyoāti, |
6. āAs a result of this kamma, these devas are nourished on such food and experience such pleasure & painā; |
tÄ ca devatÄ jÄnÄmi — |
and I also knew of those devas that |
7. āimÄ devatÄ evaį¹dÄ«ghÄyukÄ evaį¹ciraį¹į¹hitikÄāti, |
7. āAs a result of this kamma, these devas have such a lifespan and are of such long standingā; |
tÄ ca devatÄ jÄnÄmi |
and I also knew of those devas |
8. yadi vÄ me devatÄhi saddhiį¹ sannivutthapubbaį¹ yadi vÄ na sannivutthapubbanti. |
8. whether I had previously lived together with them or not. |
ā¦ āyÄvakÄ«vaƱca me, bhikkhave, |
āAnd, monks, as long as this— |
evaį¹ aį¹į¹haparivaį¹į¹aį¹ adhidevaƱÄį¹adassanaį¹ na suvisuddhaį¹ ahosi, |
my eight-round heightened deva-knowledge-&-vision—was not pure, |
neva tÄvÄhaį¹, bhikkhave, |
I did not claim |
āsadevake loke samÄrake sabrahmake sassamaį¹abrÄhmaį¹iyÄ pajÄya sadevamanussÄya anuttaraį¹ sammÄsambodhiį¹ abhisambuddhoāti VAR paccaƱƱÄsiį¹. |
to have directly awakened to the right self-awakening unexcelled in the cosmos with its devas, MÄras, & BrahmÄs, with its people with their contemplatives & brahmans, their royalty & commonfolk. |
| (4. STED 4th jhÄna, Cloth simile) | |
Again, and-furthermore, *********, ******** |
Puna caparaį¹, bhikkhave, bhikkhu |
(ā¦ STED 4th JhÄna formula he enters in ā¦ ) |
sukhassa ca pahÄnÄ ā¦ pe ā¦ catutthaį¹ jhÄnaį¹ upasampajja viharati. |
| (entire anatomical body refrain) | |
He |
So |
in this body |
imameva kÄyaį¹ |
(his) clean/purified mind, completely-white/[& bright], |
parisuddhena cetasÄ pari-y-odÄtena |
pervades (as he) sits ****; |
pharitvÄ nisinno hoti; |
(there is) no part (of his) entire body |
nÄssa kiƱci sabbÄvato kÄyassa |
(that the) purified mind, completely-bright, |
parisuddhena cetasÄ pari-y-odÄtena |
{is} not-pervading ****. |
apphuį¹aį¹ hoti. |
| (4. Cloth simile) | |
Just-as, *********, |
SeyyathÄpi, bhikkhave, |
(a) man (in) white cloth (from his)-head-(on down) |
puriso odÄtena vatthena sa-sÄ«saį¹ |
wrapped-up-inside (while) sitting ****; |
pÄrupitvÄ nisinno assa; |
(so that) no part (of his) entire body |
nÄssa kiƱci sabbÄvato kÄyassa |
(that the) white cloth (is) not-pervading ****. |
odÄtena vatthena ap-phuį¹aį¹ assa. |
| (5. Reviewing-sign) | |
Again, and-furthermore, *********, ******** |
Puna ca-paraį¹, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno |
(the) reviewing-sign {has been} well-grasped ****, |
paccavekkhaį¹Ä-nimittaį¹ sug-gahitaį¹ hoti |
well-attended, well-sustained, well-penetrated (by) wisdom. |
su-manasikataį¹ sÅ«-(u)padhÄritaį¹ sup-paį¹ividdhaį¹ paƱƱÄya. |
| simile grasped object well | |
just-as, ********, |
SeyyathÄpi, bhikkhave, |
one [person] {may-review} another {**************}, |
aƱƱova aƱƱaį¹ paccavekkheyya, |
{or} (as) one-standing ** {may-review} one-sitting-down {**************}, |
į¹hito vÄ nisinnaį¹ paccavekkheyya, |
{or} (as) one-sitting-down ** {may-review} one-lying-down {**************}, |
nisinno vÄ nipannaį¹ paccavekkheyya. |
Even-so, monks, ********* |
Evamevaį¹ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno |
(the) reviewing-sign {has been} well-grasped ****, |
paccavekkhaį¹Ä-nimittaį¹ sug-gahitaį¹ hoti |
well-attended, well-sustained, well-penetrated (by) wisdom. |
su-manasikataį¹ sÅ«-(u)padhÄritaį¹ sup-paį¹ividdhaį¹ paƱƱÄya. |
(of the) Noble, ********, five-factored right-concentration, |
Ariyassa, bhikkhave, paƱc-aį¹ gikassa sammÄ-samÄdhissa |
this (is the) fifth development. |
ayaį¹ paƱcamÄ bhÄvanÄ. (5) |
| (2. STED smd-asnd: Äloka-saƱƱaį¹ leads to ƱÄį¹a-dassanap-paį¹i-lÄbhÄya ) | |
āAgain, and-furthermore, Lord, a-monk, |
āPuna ca-paraį¹, bhante, bhikkhu |
Luminosity-perception: (his) mind attends. |
Äloka-saƱƱaį¹ manasi karoti, |
daytime-perception (he is) resolved on. |
DivÄ-saƱƱaį¹ adhiį¹į¹hÄti— |
as-by Day so-by night, |
yathÄ divÄ tathÄ rattiį¹, |
As-by-night so-by day, |
yathÄ rattiį¹ tathÄ divÄ. |
(By means of an) *** open awareness, un-enveloped, |
Iti vivaį¹ena cetasÄ a-pariyonaddhena |
***-luminous mind, (he) develops. |
Sap-pabhÄsaį¹ cittaį¹ bhÄveti. |
This, Lord, (is a) practice-to-be-recollected. |
Idaį¹, bhante, anus-satiį¹-į¹hÄnaį¹ |
Thus developed, thus pursued, |
evaį¹ bhÄvitaį¹ evaį¹ bahulÄ«kataį¹ |
Knowledge-(and)-vision-****-acquisition (this) leads to. |
ƱÄį¹a-dassanap-paį¹i-lÄbhÄya saį¹vattati. |
āMendicants, before my awakening—when I was still not awake but intent on awakening—I perceived light but did not see visions. |
āpubbÄhaį¹, bhikkhave, sambodhÄ anabhisambuddho bodhisattova samÄno obhÄsaƱƱeva kho saƱjÄnÄmi, no ca rÅ«pÄni passÄmi. (1) |
Then it occurred to me: |
Tassa mayhaį¹, bhikkhave, etadahosi: |
āWhat if I were to both perceive light and see visions? |
āsace kho ahaį¹ obhÄsaƱceva saƱjÄneyyaį¹ rÅ«pÄni ca passeyyaį¹; |
Then my knowledge and vision would become even more purified.ā |
evaį¹ me idaį¹ ƱÄį¹adassanaį¹ parisuddhataraį¹ assÄāti. |
So after some time, living alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute, I perceived light and saw visions. |
So kho ahaį¹, bhikkhave, aparena samayena appamatto ÄtÄpÄ« pahitatto viharanto obhÄsaƱceva saƱjÄnÄmi, rÅ«pÄni ca passÄmi; |
But I didnāt associate with those deities, converse, or engage in discussion. |
no ca kho tÄhi devatÄhi saddhiį¹ santiį¹į¹hÄmi sallapÄmi sÄkacchaį¹ samÄpajjÄmi. (2) |
| (oil lamp simile, pure oil and pure wick) | |
āSuppose an oil-lamp is burning with pure oil and a pure wick; because of the purity of its oil and its wick it does not burn dimly. So too, here a bhikkhu abides resolved upon and pervading [an area with] a pure radiance. His bodily inertia has fully subsided, his sloth and torpor have been fully eliminated, his restlessness and remorse have been fully removed; because of this he meditates, as it were, brightly. On the dissolution of the body, after death, he reappears in the company of the gods of Pure Radiance. [152] |
seyyathÄpi, Ävuso kaccÄna, telappadÄ«passa jhÄyato telampi parisuddhaį¹ vaį¹į¹ipi parisuddhÄ. so telassapi parisuddhattÄ vaį¹į¹iyÄpi parisuddhattÄ na andhandhaį¹ viya jhÄyati; evameva kho, Ävuso kaccÄna, idhekacco bhikkhu āparisuddhÄbhÄāti pharitvÄ adhimuccitvÄ viharati. tassa kÄyaduį¹į¹hullampi suppaį¹ippassaddhaį¹ hoti, thinamiddhampi susamÅ«hataį¹ hoti, uddhaccakukkuccampi suppaį¹ivinÄ«taį¹ hoti. so kÄyaduį¹į¹hullassapi suppaį¹ippassaddhattÄ thinamiddhassapi susamÅ«hatattÄ uddhaccakukkuccassapi suppaį¹ivinÄ«tattÄ na andhandhaį¹ viya jhÄyati. so kÄyassa bhedÄ paraį¹ maraį¹Ä parisuddhÄbhÄnaį¹ devÄnaį¹ sahabyataį¹ upapajjati. |
āThis is the cause and reason, friend KaccaĢna, why among those deities that have reappeared in the same order of gods, some are deities of Defiled Radiance, some deities of Pure Radiance.ā |
ayaį¹ kho, Ävuso kaccÄna, hetu ayaį¹ paccayo yena tÄsaį¹ devatÄnaį¹ ekaį¹ devanikÄyaį¹ upapannÄnaį¹ santettha ekaccÄ devatÄ saį¹kiliį¹į¹hÄbhÄ, santi panettha ekaccÄ devatÄ parisuddhÄbhÄāti. |
āGood, good, Anuruddha and friends! But as you live diligently like this, have you achieved any superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones, a meditation at ease?ā |
āSÄdhu sÄdhu, anuruddhÄ. Atthi pana vo, anuruddhÄ, evaį¹ appamattÄnaį¹ ÄtÄpÄ«naį¹ pahitattÄnaį¹ viharataį¹ uttari manussadhammÄ alamariyaƱÄį¹adassanaviseso adhigato phÄsuvihÄroāti? |
āWell, sir, while meditating diligent, keen, and resolute, we perceive both light and vision of forms. But before long the light and the vision of forms vanish. We havenāt worked out the reason for that.ā |
āIdha mayaį¹, bhante, appamattÄ ÄtÄpino pahitattÄ viharantÄ obhÄsaƱceva saƱjÄnÄma dassanaƱca rÅ«pÄnaį¹. So kho pana no obhÄso nacirasseva antaradhÄyati dassanaƱca rÅ«pÄnaį¹; taƱca nimittaį¹ nappaį¹ivijjhÄmÄāti. |
| (11 hindrances instead of usual 5) | |
āWell, you should work out the reason for that. Before my awakening—when I was still unawakened but intent on awakening—I too perceived both light and vision of forms. But before long my light and vision of forms vanished. It occurred to me: āWhatās the cause, whatās the reason why my light and vision of forms vanish?ā It occurred to me: āDoubt arose in me, and because of that my undistractible-lucidity fell away. When undistractible-lucidity falls away, the light and vision of forms vanish. Iāll make sure that doubt will not arise in me again.ā |
āTaį¹ kho pana vo, anuruddhÄ, nimittaį¹ paį¹ivijjhitabbaį¹. Ahampi sudaį¹, anuruddhÄ, pubbeva sambodhÄ anabhisambuddho bodhisattova samÄno obhÄsaƱceva saƱjÄnÄmi dassanaƱca rÅ«pÄnaį¹. So kho pana me obhÄso nacirasseva antaradhÄyati dassanaƱca rÅ«pÄnaį¹. Tassa mayhaį¹, anuruddhÄ, etadahosi: āko nu kho hetu ko paccayo yena me obhÄso antaradhÄyati dassanaƱca rÅ«pÄnanāti? Tassa mayhaį¹, anuruddhÄ, etadahosi: āvicikicchÄ kho me udapÄdi, vicikicchÄdhikaraį¹aƱca pana me samÄdhi cavi. SamÄdhimhi cute obhÄso antaradhÄyati dassanaƱca rÅ«pÄnaį¹. Sohaį¹ tathÄ karissÄmi yathÄ me puna na vicikicchÄ uppajjissatÄ«āti. (1) |
DivÄ-saƱƱaį¹ adhiį¹į¹hÄti— |
[at any hour of the day]. |
yathÄ divÄ tathÄ rattiį¹, |
[day for him is the same as night] |
yathÄ rattiį¹ tathÄ divÄ. |
[night is the same as day.] |