Saṃyutta Nikāya
3. Khandha Vagga
28. Sāriputta Saṃyutta
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
3. The Book Called the Khandhā-Vagga
Containing Kindred Sayings on the Elements of Sensory Existence and other Subjects
28. Kindred Sayings on Sāriputta
Sutta 2
Avitakka Suttaṃ
Without Applied Thought[1]
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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[1] Thus have I heard:
Once the venerable Sāriputta was staying near Sāvatthī
at the Jeta Grove
in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.
Then the venerable Sāriputta,
rising at early dawn,
robed himself,
took bowl and robe
and entered Sāvatthī to beg for alms.
After going his begging-rounds in Sāvatthī
and returning from begging
he ate his meal
and drew near Dark Grove
for noonday rest.
Plunging into Dark Grove,
he sat down at the foot of a tree
for noonday rest.
Then the venerable Sāriputta,
rising at eventide from his solitude,
went to Jeta Grove
in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.
Now the venerable Ānanda
saw the venerable Sāriputta coming,
while yet he was far off,
and beholding the venerable Sāriputta
he thus spake to him:
"Calm are your senses, friend Sāriputta,
clear and translucent
the colour of your face.
In what mood
has the venerable Sāriputta
been spending this day?"
"Friend, owing to the calming down
of thought applied and sustained,
I have attained
and been dwelling in second Jhāna,
that inward calming,
that single-mindedness,[2] of will,
apart from thought applied and sustained,
born of mental balance,
full of zest and happiness.
To me thus, friend,
the thought never came:
'It is I
who am attaining second Jhāna,'
or
'It is I
who have attained second Jhāna.'
or
'It is I
who have emerged from second Jhāna.'".
"Surely for a long time
have leanings to I-making,
to mine-making
and to vanity
been well rooted out from the venerable Sāriputta.
That is why it occurs not
to the venerable Sāriputta:
'It is I
who am attaining second Jhāna,'
or
'It is I
who have attained second Jhāna.'
or
'It is I
who have emerged from second Jhāna.'".
[1] Cf. S. ii, 211; K.S. ii, 142, etc. The Second Jhāna.
[2] Ekodibhāvo, trans. by Sīlācāra (in Majjhima) as 'mind emerging sole,' by Mrs. Rh. D., 'self-contained and uplifting' (Bud. Psy., 110); 'the mind grows calm and sure, dwelling on high,' B. Psy. Eth., § 161. Cf. Expositor, p. 226. It is one-pointedness.
