Saṃyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
40. Moggallāna Saṃyutta
Sutta 5
Ākāsanañ-c'Āyatana Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
[1][pts][olds] Evaṃ me sutaṃ:|| ||
Ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā Mahā Moggallāno Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||
Tatra kho āyasmā Mahā Moggallāno bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||
"Āvuso bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||
"Āvuso" ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato Mahā Moggallānassa paccassosuṃ.|| ||
Āyasmā Mahā Moggallāno etad avoca:|| ||
"Idha mayhaṃ āvuso raho-gatassa paṭīsallīnassa
evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi:|| ||
'"Ākāsanañ-c'āyatanaṃ,||
Ākāsanañ-c'āyatanan" ti vuccati.|| ||
Katamaṃ nu kho Ākāsanañ-c'āyatanan' ti?|| ||
Tassa mayhaṃ āvuso etad ahosi:|| ||
'Idha bhikkhu||
sabbaso rūpa-saññānaṃ samatikkamā||
paṭigha-saññānaṃ attha-gamā||
nānatta-saññānaṃ amana-sikārā||
"Ananto ākāso" ti||
Ākāsanañ-c'āyatanaṃ upasampajja viharati.|| ||
Idaṃ vuccati "Ākāsanañ-c'āyatanan" ti' ti.|| ||
So khv'āhaṃ āvuso||
sabbaso rūpa-saññānaṃ samatikkamā||
paṭigha-saññānaṃ attha-gamā||
nānatta-saññānaṃ amana-sikārā||
'Ananto ākāso' ti||
Ākāsanañ-c'āyatanaṃ upasampajja viharāmi||
tassa mayhaṃ āvuso||
iminā vihārena viharato||
rūpa-sahagatā saññā-mana-sikārā samud'ācaranti.|| ||
Atha kho maṃ āvuso Bhagavā iddhiyā upasaṇkamitvā etad avoca:|| ||
'Moggallāna!|| ||
Moggallāna!|| ||
Mā brāhmaṇa,||
Ākāsanañ-c'āyatanaṃ pamādo,||
ākāsānāñcāyatane cittaṃ saṇṭhapehi,||
ākāsānāñcāyatane cittaṃ ekodiṃ-karohi,||
ākāsānāñcāyatane cittaṃ samādahā' ti.|| ||
So khv'āhaṃ āvuso||
aparena samayena||
sabbaso rūpa-saññānaṃ samatikkamā||
paṭigha-saññānaṃ attha-gamā||
nānatta-saññānaṃ amana-sikārā||
'Ananto ākāso' ti||
Ākāsanañ-c'āyatanaṃ upasampajja vihāsiṃ.|| ||
Yaṃ hi taṃ āvuso sammā vadamāno vadeyya:|| ||
'Satthārānuggahito sāvako mahābhiññataṃ patto' ti,|| ||
mamantaṃ sammā vadamāno vadeyya,|| ||
'Satthārānuggahito sāvako mahābhiññataṃ patto' ti" ti.|| ||