Saññā-Vedayita-Nirodho (aka: Nirodha Samāpatti) Suttaṃ

Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.

[1][pts] Evaṃ me sutaṃ:|| ||

Ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā Sāriputto Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati||
Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||

Atha kho āyasmā Sāriputto pubbaṇha-samayaṃ nivāsetvā patta-cīvaram ādāya||
Sāvatthiṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi.|| ||

Sāvatthiyaṃ piṇḍāya caritvā pacchā-bhattaṃ piṇḍa-pāta-paṭikkanto||
yena andhavanaṃ ten'upasaṇkami divā-vihārāya.|| ||

Andhavanaṃ ajjhoga-hetvā aññatarasmiṃ||
rukkha-mūle divā-vihāraṃ nisīdi.|| ||

Atha kho āyasmā Sāriputto sāyaṇha-samayaṃ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito||
yena Jetavanaṃ Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāmo ten'upasaṇkami.|| ||

Addsā kho āyasmā Ānando āyasmantaṃ Sāriputtaṃ dūrato va āga-c-chantaṃ.|| ||

Disvāna āyasmantaṃ Sāriputtaṃ etad avoca:|| ||

"Vi-p-pasannāni kho te āvuso Sāriputta,||
indriyāni parisuddho mukha-vaṇṇo pariyodāto.|| ||

Katamen'āyasmā Sāriputto ajja vihārena vihāsī" ti?|| ||

"Idh'āhaṃ āvuso,||
sabbaso N'eva-saññā-nā-saññ'āyatanaṃ samatikkamma||
saññā-vedayita-nirodhaṃ upasampajja vibharāmi.|| ||

Tassa mayhaṃ āvuso na evaṃ hoti:|| ||

'Ahaṃ saññā-vedayita-nirodhaṃ samāpajjāmī' ti|| ||

vā|| ||

'Ahaṃ saññā-vedayita-nirodhaṃ samāpanno' ti|| ||

vā|| ||

'Ahaṃ saññā-vedayita-nirodhaṃ vuṭṭhito' ti vā" ti.|| ||

"Tathā hi pan'āyasmato Sāriputtassa dīgha-rattaṃ abhiṃ kāramami-ṃ-kāramān-ā-nusayā susamūhatā.|| ||

Tasmā āyasmato Sāriputtassa na evaṃ hoti:|| ||

'Ahaṃ saññā-vedayita-nirodhaṃ samāpajjāmī' ti|| ||

vā|| ||

'Ahaṃ saññā-vedayita-nirodhaṃ samāpanno' ti|| ||

vā|| ||

'Ahaṃ saññā-vedayita-nirodhaṃ vuṭṭhito' ti vā" ti.|| ||