MAJJHIMA NIKAAYA III
II. 3. 5. Maagandiyasutta.m
III.
2. 1 Anupadasuttam- Uninterrupted Concentration. (111)
I
heard thus.At one time the Blessed One was living in the monastery offered
by Anaathapindika in Jeta’s grove in Saavatthi. The Blessed One addressed
the bhikkhus from there.’Bhikkus, Saariputta is wise, has wide wisdom,
bright intelligence, spontaneous and sharp wisdom and penetrating wisdom.
Saariputta concentrates a fortinight uninterrupted, secluded from sensual
desires and thoughts of demerit, with thoughts and thought processes and
with joy and pleasantness born of seclusion abides in the first jhaana.
These things of the first jhaana such as thoughts, thought processes, joy,
pleasantness, one pointedness of mind, contact, feelings, perceptions,
intentions, interest, resolution, effort, mindfulness, equanimity and attention,
follow one after the other to him. They rise, persist and fade with his
knowledge. He knows, these things come to be and cause feelings to rise.
When these things follow one after the other, he abides with a mind that
does not settle, is not bound, is released and unyokedand
is unrestricted. knows there is an escape beyond this. With much practise
they come to him.
Again,
bhikkhus, Saariputta, overcoming thoughts and thought processes, the mind
internally appeased in one point, with joy and pleasaantness born of concentration
abides in the second jhaanaThese
things of the second jhaana such as internal appeasement, joy, pleasantness,
one pointedness of mind, contact, feelings, perceptions, intentions, interest,
resolution, effort, mindfulness, equanimity and attention, follow one after
the other, to him. They rise, persist and fade with his knowledge. He knows,
these things come to be and cause feelings to rise. When these things follow
one after the other, he abides with a mind that does not settle, is not
bound, is released and unyokedand
is unrestricted. knows there is an escape beyond this. With much practise
they come to him.
Again,
bhikkhus, Saariputta, with equanimity to joy and detachment abides mindful
and aware, and with the body experiences pleasantness too and abdes in
the third jhaana. The noble ones say it’s abiding in pleasantness mindfully.These
things of the third jhaana such as equanimity, pleasantness, mindful awareness,
one pointedness of mind, contact, feelings, perceptions, intentions, interest,
resolution, effort, equanimity and attention, follow one after the other
to him. They rise, persist and fade with his knowledge. He knows, these
things come to be and cause feelings to rise. When these things follow
one after the other, he abides with a mind that does not settle, is not
bound, is released unyoked and unrestricted. knows there is an escape beyond
this. With much practise they come to him.
Again,
bhikkhus, Saariputta, dispelling pleasantness and unpleasantness, earlier
having overcome pleasure and displeasure purifying mindfulness with equanimity
abides in the fourth jhaana These things of the fourth jhaana such as equanimity,
neither unpleasant nor pleasant feelings, observed feelings not enjoyed,
purified mindfulness, one pointedness of mind, contact, feelings, perceptions,
intentions, interest, resolution, effort, equanimity and attention, follow
one after the other to him. They rise, persist and fade with his knowledge.
He knows, these things come to be and cause feelings to rise. When these
things follow one after the other, he abides with a mind that does not
settle, is not bound, is released and unyokedand
is unrestricted. knows there is an escape beyond this. With much practise
they come to him.
Again,
bhikkhus, Saariputta, overcoming all perceptions, of matter and anger,
not attending to various perceptions, with space is boundless attains to
the sphere of space. Those things of the sphere of space such as the perception
of space,one pointedness of mind,
contact, feelings, perceptions, intentions, interest, resolution, effort,
equanimity and attention, follow one after the other to him.They rise,
persist and fade with his knowledge. He knows, these things come to be
and cause feelings to rise. When these things follow one after the other,
he abides with a mind that does not settle, is not bound, is released unyoked
and unrestricted. knows there is an escape beyond this. With much practise
they come to him.
Again,
bhikkhus, Saariputta, overcoming all perceptions of space with consciousness
is boundless attains to the sphere of consciousness. Those things of the
sphere of consciousness such as the perception of consciousness,one
pointedness of mind, contact, feelings, perceptions, intentions, interest,
resolution, effort, equanimity and attention, follow one after the other.
They rise, persist and fade with his knowledge. He knows, these things
come to be and cause feelings to rise. When these things follow one after
the other, he abides with a mind that does not settle, is not bound, is
released and unyokedand is unrestricted.
knows there is an escape beyond this. With much practise they come to him.
Again,
bhikkhus, Saariputta, overcoming all perceptions of consciousness with
there is nothing attains to the sphere of nothingness. Those things of
the sphere of nothingness such as the perception of nothingness,one
pointedness of mind, contact, feelings, perceptions, intentions, interest,
resolution, effort, equanimity and attention, follow one after the other
to him. They rise, persist and fade with his knowledge. He knows, these
things come to be and cause feelings to rise. When these things follow
one after the other, he abides with a mind that does not settle, is not
bound, is released, unyokedand unrestricted.
knows there is an escape beyond this. With much practise they come to him.
Again,
bhikkhus, Saariputta, overcoming all perceptions of nothingnessattains
to the sphere of neither perception nor non perception. He mindfully rises
from that attainment and reflects the things, that have passed away ceased
and changed.He knows, these things come to be and cause feelings to rise.
When these things follow one after the other, he abides with a mind that
does not settle, is not bound, is released and unyokedand
unrestricted. knows there is an escape beyond this. With much practise
they come to him.
Again,
bhikkhus, Saariputta, overcoming all the sphere of neither perception nor
non perception attains the cessation of perceptions and feelings. Seeing
it with wisdom his desires get destroyed. He mindfully rises from that
attainment and reflects the things, that have passed away ceased and changed.He
knows, these things come to be and cause feelings to rise. When these things
follow one after the other, he abides with a mind that does not settle,
is not bound, is released unyokedand
unrestricted. knows there is nothing beyond this. With much practise nothing
comes to him.
Bhikkhus,
saying it rightly, it is Saariputta that has mastered and completed the
noble ones’ virtues, mastered and completed the noble ones’ concentration,
mastered and completed the noble ones’ perception, mastered and completed
the noble ones’ release. Sayng it rightly it is only Saariputta that has
mastered and completed the noble ones’ virtues, concentration, wisdom and
release.
Bhikkhus,
saying it rightly, he is the Blessed One’s own son born of the mouth, born
of the Teaching, the sign of the Teaching, the heritage of the Teaching
and notone born from the heritage
of material.
Bhikkhus,
Saariputta follows rolling the noble wheel of the Teaching, rightfully
rolled by the Thus Gone One.
The Blessed One said thus and those bhikkhus delighted in the words of the Blessed One.