Aṇguttara Nikāya
X. Dasaka-Nipāta
I. Ānisaṃsa Vagga

The Book of Tens

Sutta 6

Samādhi Suttaṃ

Serenity, by the Master

Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds

 

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[1][pts][than][bodh] I Hear Tell:

In Sāvaṭṭhi

There Old Man Ānanda came into the presence of Bhagava.

Having come into the presence of Bhagava,
he took a seat.

Having taken a seat,
Old Man Ānanda said this to Bhagava.

"Is it, then, Bhante,
that a bhikkhu's serenity
can result in sucha state as,
neither is there 'of earth',
earth-perception,
nor is there 'of water',
water-perception,
nor is there 'of fire',
fire-perception,
nor is there 'of wind',
wind-perception,
nor is there 'of the sphere-of-space',
sphere-of-space-perception,
nor is there, 'of the sphere-of-consciousness',
sphere-of-consciousness-perception,
nor is there 'of the sphere-of-no-thing-is-had-there',
sphere-of-no-thing-is-had-there-perception,
nor is there 'of the sphere-of-neither-perception-nor-non-perception',
sphere-of-neither-perception-nor-non-perception-perception,
nor is there 'of this-world',
this-world-perception,
nor is there 'of the afterworld',
afterworld-perception,
and yet there is perception?"

"Indeed, Ānanda, it is the case
that a bhikkhu's serenity
can result in sucha state as,
neither is there 'of earth',
earth-perception,
nor is there 'of water',
water-perception,
nor is there 'of fire',
fire-perception,
nor is there 'of wind',
wind-perception,
nor is there 'of the sphere-of-space',
sphere-of-space-perception,
nor is there, 'of the sphere-of-consciousness',
sphere-of-consciousness-perception,
nor is there 'of the sphere-of-no-thing-is-had-there',
sphere-of-no-thing-is-had-there-perception,
nor is there 'of the sphere-of-neither-perception-nor-non-perception',
sphere-of-neither-perception-nor-non-perception-perception,
nor is there 'of this-world',
this-world-perception,
nor is there 'of the afterworld',
afterworld-perception,
and yet there is perception."

"Here Ānanda, a bhikkhu has perception thus:

'This is the culmination,
this is the conclusion,
that is:
the calming of all own-making,
the release of all that has arisen,
dispassion,
ending,
Nibbāna.'

Thus it is, Ānanda,
that a bhikkhu's serenity
can result in sucha state as,
neither is there 'of earth',
earth-perception,
nor is there 'of water',
water-perception,
nor is there 'of fire',
fire-perception,
nor is there 'of wind',
wind-perception,
nor is there 'of the sphere-of-space',
sphere-of-space-perception,
nor is there, 'of the sphere-of-consciousness',
sphere-of-consciousness-perception,
nor is there 'of the sphere-of-no-thing-is-had-there',
sphere-of-no-thing-is-had-there-perception,
nor is there 'of the sphere-of-neither-perception-nor-non-perception',
sphere-of-neither-perception-nor-non-perception-perception,
nor is there 'of this-world',
this-world-perception,
nor is there 'of the afterworld',
afterworld-perception,
and yet there is perception."