Aṅguttara Nikāya
VIII. Navaka Nipāta
IV. Mahā Vagga
Sutta 37
Ānanda Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
[1][pts][than][olds][upal] Evaṃ me sutaṃ.|| ||
Ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā Ānando Kosambīyaṃ viharati Ghositārāme.|| ||
Tatra kho āyasmā Ānando bhikkhu āmantesi:|| ||
Āvuso Bhikkhavo ti.|| ||
Āvuso ti kho te bhikkhu āyasmato Ānandassa paccassosuṃ.|| ||
Āyasmā Ānando etad avoca:|| ||
2. Acchariyaṃ āvuso,||
abbhutaṃ āvuso,||
yāvañ c'idaṃ tena Bhagavatā jānatā passatā arahatā Sammā Sambuddhena sambādhe okās'ādhigamo anu-Buddho sattāṇaṃ visuddhiyā soka-paridavānaṃ samati-k-kamāya dukkha-domanassānaṃ atthaṅ-gamāya ñāyassa adhigamāya Nibbānāssa sacchi-kiriyāya.|| ||
Tad eva nāma cakkhuṃ bhavissati,||
te rūpā tañ' [427] cāyatanaṃ no paṭisaṃvedissati;||
tad eva nāma sotaṃ bhavissati,||
te saddā tañ'cāyatanaṃ no paṭisaṃvedissati;||
tad eva nāma ghānaṃ bhavissati,||
te gandhā tañ'cāyatanaṃ no paṭisaṃvedissati;||
sā ca nāma jivhā bhavissati,||
te rasā tañ'cāyatanaṃ no paṭisaṃvedissati;||
so ca nāma kāyo bhavissati,||
te phoṭṭhabbā tañ'cāyatanaṃ no paṭisaṃvedissatī ti.|| ||
3. Evaṃ vutte āyasmā Udāyī āyasmantaṃ Ānandaṃ etad avoca:|| ||
'Saññi-m-eva nu kho āvuso Ānanda tad āyatanaṃ no paṭisaṃvediti,||
udāhu asaññī ti?|| ||
Saññī-m-eva kho āvuso tad āyatanaṃ no paṭisaṃvediti,||
no asaññī ti.|| ||
Kiṃ saññī pan'āvuso tad āyatanaṃ no paṭisaṃvedatī' ti?|| ||
4. Idh'āvuso bhikkhu sabbaso rūpa-saññānaṃ samati-k-kamā paṭigha-saññānaṃ ataṅgamā nānatta-saññānaṃ amana-sikārā||
'Ananto ākāso' ti||
Ākāsanañ-c'āyatanaṃ upasampajja viharati.|| ||
Evaṃ saññī pi kho āvuso tad āyatanaṃ no paṭisaṃvedeti.|| ||
5. Puna ca paraṃ āvuso bhikkhu sabbaso Ākāsanañ-c'āyatanaṃ samati-k-kamma||
'Anantaṃ viññāṇan' ti||
Viññāṇañ-c'āyatanaṃ upasampajja viharati.|| ||
Evaṃ saññī pi kho āvuso tad āyatanaṃ no paṭisaṃvedeti.|| ||
6. Puna ca paraṃ āvuso,||
bhikkhu sabbaso Viññāṇañ-c'āyatanaṃ samati-k-kamma||
'N'atthi kiñcī' ti||
Ākiñcaññ'āyatanaṃ upasampajja viharati.|| ||
Evaṃ saññī pi kho āvuso tad āyatanaṃ no paṭisaṃvedetī ti.|| ||
7. Ekam idāhaṃ āvuso,||
samayaṃ Sākete viharāmi Añjanavane Migadāye.|| ||
Atha kho āvuso Jaṭilāgāhiyā Bhik- [428] khunī yenāhaṃ ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||
Upasaṅkamitvā maṃ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṃ aṭṭhāsi.|| ||
Eka-m-antaṃ ṭhitā kho āvuso,||
Jaṭilāgāhiyā bhikkhunī maṃ etad avoca:|| ||
'Yāyaṃ bhante Ānanda samādhi na cābhinato na cāpanato||
na sa-saṅkhāraniggayhavāritavato||
vimutt'attā ṭhito,||
ṭhitattā sanTusito||
santusitattā no paritassāti,||
ayaṃ bhante Ānanda samādhi kiṃphalo vutto Bhagavatā' ti?|| ||
Evaṃ vutte ahaṃ āvuso Jaṭilāgāhiyaṃ bhikkhuniṃ etad avoca:|| ||
'Yāyaṃ bhagini samādhi na cābhinato na cāpanato,||
na sa-saṅkhāraniggayihavāritavato,||
vimutt'attā ṭhito,||
ṭhitattā sanTusito,||
santusitattā no paritassati||
ayaṃ bhagini samādhi aññaphalo vutto Bhagavatā' ti.|| ||
Evaṃ saññī pi kho āvuso tad āyatanaṃ no paṭisaṃvedetī ti.|| ||