{"id":"an8.65","title":"Dimensions of Mastery","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an8.65","title":"Dimensions of Mastery","units":[{"id":"an8.65:0","sourceIds":["an8.65:0.1","an8.65:0.2","an8.65:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.65\n7. Bhūmicālavagga\nAbhibhāyatanasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 8.65\n7. Earthquakes\nDimensions of Mastery"}},{"id":"an8.65:1","sourceIds":["an8.65:1.1","an8.65:1.2","an8.65:1.3","an8.65:1.4","an8.65:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aṭṭhimāni, bhikkhave, abhibhāyatanāni.\nKatamāni aṭṭha?\nAjjhattaṁ rūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati parittāni suvaṇṇadubbaṇṇāni.\n‘Tāni abhibhuyya jānāmi passāmī’ti, evaṁsaññī hoti.\nIdaṁ paṭhamaṁ abhibhāyatanaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these eight dimensions of mastery.\nWhat eight?\nPerceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally, limited, both pretty and ugly.\nMastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’\nThis is the first dimension of mastery."}},{"id":"an8.65:2","sourceIds":["an8.65:2.1","an8.65:2.2","an8.65:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajjhattaṁ rūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati appamāṇāni suvaṇṇadubbaṇṇāni.\n‘Tāni abhibhuyya jānāmi passāmī’ti, evaṁsaññī hoti.\nIdaṁ dutiyaṁ abhibhāyatanaṁ.","en":"Perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally, limitless, both pretty and ugly.\nMastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’\nThis is the second dimension of mastery."}},{"id":"an8.65:3","sourceIds":["an8.65:3.1","an8.65:3.2","an8.65:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajjhattaṁ arūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati parittāni suvaṇṇadubbaṇṇāni.\n‘Tāni abhibhuyya jānāmi passāmī’ti, evaṁsaññī hoti.\nIdaṁ tatiyaṁ abhibhāyatanaṁ.","en":"Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally, limited, both pretty and ugly.\nMastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’\nThis is the third dimension of mastery."}},{"id":"an8.65:4","sourceIds":["an8.65:4.1","an8.65:4.2","an8.65:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajjhattaṁ arūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati appamāṇāni suvaṇṇadubbaṇṇāni.\n‘Tāni abhibhuyya jānāmi passāmī’ti, evaṁsaññī hoti.\nIdaṁ catutthaṁ abhibhāyatanaṁ.","en":"Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally, limitless, both pretty and ugly.\nMastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’\nThis is the fourth dimension of mastery."}},{"id":"an8.65:5","sourceIds":["an8.65:5.1","an8.65:5.2","an8.65:5.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajjhattaṁ arūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati nīlāni nīlavaṇṇāni nīlanidassanāni nīlanibhāsāni.\n‘Tāni abhibhuyya jānāmi passāmī’ti, evaṁsaññī hoti.\nIdaṁ pañcamaṁ abhibhāyatanaṁ.","en":"Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally, blue, with blue color and blue appearance.\nMastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’\nThis is the fifth dimension of mastery."}},{"id":"an8.65:6","sourceIds":["an8.65:6.1","an8.65:6.2","an8.65:6.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajjhattaṁ arūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati pītāni pītavaṇṇāni pītanidassanāni pītanibhāsāni.\n‘Tāni abhibhuyya jānāmi passāmī’ti, evaṁsaññī hoti.\nIdaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ abhibhāyatanaṁ.","en":"Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally, yellow, with yellow color and yellow appearance.\nMastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’\nThis is the sixth dimension of mastery."}},{"id":"an8.65:7","sourceIds":["an8.65:7.1","an8.65:7.2","an8.65:7.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajjhattaṁ arūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati lohitakāni lohitakavaṇṇāni lohitakanidassanāni lohitakanibhāsāni.\n‘Tāni abhibhuyya jānāmi passāmī’ti, evaṁsaññī hoti.\nIdaṁ sattamaṁ abhibhāyatanaṁ.","en":"Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally, red, with red color and red appearance.\nMastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’\nThis is the seventh dimension of mastery."}},{"id":"an8.65:8","sourceIds":["an8.65:8.1","an8.65:8.2","an8.65:8.3","an8.65:8.4","an8.65:8.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajjhattaṁ arūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati odātāni odātavaṇṇāni odātanidassanāni odātanibhāsāni.\n‘Tāni abhibhuyya jānāmi passāmī’ti, evaṁsaññī hoti.\nIdaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ abhibhāyatanaṁ.\nImāni kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha abhibhāyatanānī”ti.\nPañcamaṁ.","en":"Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally, white, with white color and white appearance.\nMastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’\nThis is the eighth dimension of mastery.\nThese are the eight dimensions of mastery.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an8.65/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}