Saṃyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
40. Moggallāna Saṃyutta

Sutta 9

A-Nimitta Suttaṃ

 

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[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:|| ||

'"Animitto ceto-samādhi,||
animitto ceto-samādhī" ti vuccati.|| ||

Katamaṃ nu kho animitto ceto-samādhī' ti?|| ||

Tassa mayhaṃ āvuso etad ahosi:|| ||

'Idha bhikkhu [269] sabba nimittānaṃ amana-sikārā||
a-nimittaṃ ceto-samādhiṃ upasampajja viharati.|| ||

Idaṃ vuccati animitto ceto-samādhī' ti.|| ||

So khv'āhaṃ āvuso||
sabba nimittānaṃ amana-sikārā||
a-nimittaṃ ceto-samādhiṃ upasampajja viharāmi,||
tassa mayhaṃ āvuso||
iminā vihārena viharato||
nimittānusārī viññāṇaṃ hoti.|| ||

Atha kho maṃ āvuso Bhagavā iddhiyā upasaṅkamitvā etad avoca:|| ||

'Moggallāna!|| ||

Moggallāna!|| ||

Mā brāhmaṇa,||
a-nimittaṃ ceto-samādhiṃ pamādo,||
animittena ceto-samādhismiṃ cittaṃ saṇṭhapehi,||
animittena ceto-samādhismiṃ cittaṃ ekodiṃ-karohi,||
animittena ceto-samādhismiṃ cittaṃ samādahā' ti.|| ||

So khv'āhaṃ āvuso||
aparena samayena||
sabba nimittānaṃ amana-sikārā||
a-nimittaṃ ceto-samādhiṃ upasampajja vihāsiṃ.|| ||

Yaṃ hi taṃ āvuso sammā vadamāno vadeyya:|| ||

'Satthārānuggahito sāvako mahābhiññataṃ patto' ti,|| ||

mamantaṃ sammā vadamāno vadeyya,|| ||

'Satthārānuggahito sāvako mahābhiññataṃ patto' ti" ti.|| ||