{"id":"an9.34","title":"Extinguishment is Bliss","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an9.34","title":"Extinguishment is Bliss","units":[{"id":"an9.34:0","sourceIds":["an9.34:0.1","an9.34:0.2","an9.34:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.34\n4. Mahāvagga\nNibbānasukhasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 9.34\n4. The Great Chapter\nExtinguishment is Bliss"}},{"id":"an9.34:1","sourceIds":["an9.34:1.1","an9.34:1.2","an9.34:1.3","an9.34:1.4","an9.34:1.5","an9.34:1.6","an9.34:1.7","an9.34:1.8","an9.34:1.9","an9.34:1.10","an9.34:1.11","an9.34:1.12","an9.34:1.13","an9.34:1.14","an9.34:1.15","an9.34:1.16"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā sāriputto rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.\nTatra kho āyasmā sāriputto bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“sukhamidaṁ, āvuso, nibbānaṁ.\nSukhamidaṁ, āvuso, nibbānan”ti.\nEvaṁ vutte, āyasmā udāyī āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ etadavoca:\n“kiṁ panettha, āvuso sāriputta, sukhaṁ yadettha natthi vedayitan”ti?\n“Etadeva khvettha, āvuso, sukhaṁ yadettha natthi vedayitaṁ.\nPañcime, āvuso, kāmaguṇā.\nKatame pañca?\nCakkhuviññeyyā rūpā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā,\nsotaviññeyyā saddā …pe…\nghānaviññeyyā gandhā …\njivhāviññeyyā rasā …\nkāyaviññeyyā phoṭṭhabbā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā—\nime kho, āvuso, pañca kāmaguṇā.\nYaṁ kho, āvuso, ime pañca kāmaguṇe paṭicca uppajjati sukhaṁ somanassaṁ, idaṁ vuccatāvuso, kāmasukhaṁ.","en":"At one time Venerable Sāriputta was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.\nThere he addressed the mendicants:\n“Reverends, extinguishment is bliss!\nExtinguishment is bliss!”\nWhen he said this, Venerable Udāyī said to him,\n“But Reverend Sāriputta, what’s blissful about it, since nothing is felt?”\n“The fact that nothing is felt is precisely what’s blissful about it.\nReverend, there are these five kinds of sensual stimulation.\nWhat five?\nSights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.\nSounds known by the ear …\nSmells known by the nose …\nTastes known by the tongue …\nTouches known by the body, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.\nThese are the five kinds of sensual stimulation.\nThe pleasure and happiness that arise from these five kinds of sensual stimulation is called sensual pleasure."}},{"id":"an9.34:2","sourceIds":["an9.34:2.1","an9.34:2.2","an9.34:2.3","an9.34:2.4","an9.34:2.5","an9.34:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idhāvuso, bhikkhu vivicceva kāmehi …pe… paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nTassa ce, āvuso, bhikkhuno iminā vihārena viharato kāmasahagatā saññāmanasikārā samudācaranti, svassa hoti ābādho.\nSeyyathāpi, āvuso, sukhino dukkhaṁ uppajjeyya yāvadeva ābādhāya;\nevamevassa te kāmasahagatā saññāmanasikārā samudācaranti. Svassa hoti ābādho.\nYo kho panāvuso, ābādho dukkhametaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā.\nImināpi kho etaṁ, āvuso, pariyāyena veditabbaṁ yathā sukhaṁ nibbānaṁ.","en":"First, take a mendicant who, quite secluded from sensual pleasures … enters and remains in the first absorption.\nWhile a mendicant is practicing such a meditation, if perception and focus accompanied by sensual pleasures beset them, that’s an affliction for them.\nSuppose a happy person were to experience pain; that would be an affliction for them.\nIn the same way, should perception and focus accompanied by sensual pleasures beset them, that’s an affliction for them.\nAnd affliction has been called suffering by the Buddha.\nThat’s the way to understand how extinguishment is bliss."}},{"id":"an9.34:3","sourceIds":["an9.34:3.1","an9.34:3.2","an9.34:3.3","an9.34:3.4","an9.34:3.5","an9.34:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu vitakkavicārānaṁ vūpasamā …pe… dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nTassa ce, āvuso, bhikkhuno iminā vihārena viharato vitakkasahagatā saññāmanasikārā samudācaranti, svassa hoti ābādho.\nSeyyathāpi, āvuso, sukhino dukkhaṁ uppajjeyya yāvadeva ābādhāya;\nevamevassa te vitakkasahagatā saññāmanasikārā samudācaranti. Svassa hoti ābādho.\nYo kho panāvuso, ābādho dukkhametaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā.\nImināpi kho etaṁ, āvuso, pariyāyena veditabbaṁ yathā sukhaṁ nibbānaṁ.","en":"Furthermore, take a mendicant who, as the placing of the mind and keeping it connected are stilled, enters and remains in the second absorption.\nWhile a mendicant is practicing such a meditation, if perception and focus accompanied by placing of the mind beset them, that’s an affliction for them.\nSuppose a happy person were to experience pain; that would be an affliction for them.\nIn the same way, should perception and focus accompanied by placing of the mind beset them, that’s an affliction for them.\nAnd affliction has been called suffering by the Buddha.\nThat too is a way to understand how extinguishment is bliss."}},{"id":"an9.34:4","sourceIds":["an9.34:4.1","an9.34:4.2","an9.34:4.3","an9.34:4.4","an9.34:4.5","an9.34:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu pītiyā ca virāgā …pe… tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nTassa ce, āvuso, bhikkhuno iminā vihārena viharato pītisahagatā saññāmanasikārā samudācaranti, svassa hoti ābādho.\nSeyyathāpi, āvuso, sukhino dukkhaṁ uppajjeyya yāvadeva ābādhāya;\nevamevassa te pītisahagatā saññāmanasikārā samudācaranti. Svassa hoti ābādho.\nYo kho panāvuso, ābādho dukkhametaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā.\nImināpi kho etaṁ, āvuso, pariyāyena veditabbaṁ yathā sukhaṁ nibbānaṁ.","en":"Furthermore, take a mendicant who, with the fading away of rapture, enters and remains in the third absorption.\nWhile a mendicant is practicing such a meditation, if perception and focus accompanied by rapture beset them, that’s an affliction for them.\nSuppose a happy person were to experience pain; that would be an affliction for them.\nIn the same way, should perception and focus accompanied by rapture beset them, that’s an affliction for them.\nAnd affliction has been called suffering by the Buddha.\nThat too is a way to understand how extinguishment is bliss."}},{"id":"an9.34:5","sourceIds":["an9.34:5.1","an9.34:5.2","an9.34:5.3","an9.34:5.4","an9.34:5.5","an9.34:5.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sukhassa ca pahānā …pe… catutthaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nTassa ce, āvuso, bhikkhuno iminā vihārena viharato upekkhāsahagatā saññāmanasikārā samudācaranti, svassa hoti ābādho.\nSeyyathāpi, āvuso, sukhino dukkhaṁ uppajjeyya yāvadeva ābādhāya;\nevamevassa te upekkhāsahagatā saññāmanasikārā samudācaranti. Svassa hoti ābādho.\nYo kho panāvuso, ābādho dukkhametaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā.\nImināpi kho etaṁ, āvuso, pariyāyena veditabbaṁ yathā sukhaṁ nibbānaṁ.","en":"Furthermore, take a mendicant who, with the giving up of pleasure and pain and the disappearance of former happiness and sadness, enters and remains in the fourth absorption.\nWhile a mendicant is practicing such a meditation, if perception and focus accompanied by bliss with equanimity beset them, that’s an affliction for them.\nSuppose a happy person were to experience pain; that would be an affliction for them.\nIn the same way, should perception and focus accompanied by bliss with equanimity beset them, that’s an affliction for them.\nAnd affliction has been called suffering by the Buddha.\nThat too is a way to understand how extinguishment is bliss."}},{"id":"an9.34:6","sourceIds":["an9.34:6.1","an9.34:6.2","an9.34:6.3","an9.34:6.4","an9.34:6.5","an9.34:6.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā ananto ākāsoti ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nTassa ce, āvuso, bhikkhuno iminā vihārena viharato rūpasahagatā saññāmanasikārā samudācaranti, svassa hoti ābādho.\nSeyyathāpi, āvuso, sukhino dukkhaṁ uppajjeyya yāvadeva ābādhāya;\nevamevassa te rūpasahagatā saññāmanasikārā samudācaranti. Svassa hoti ābādho.\nYo kho panāvuso, ābādho dukkhametaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā.\nImināpi kho etaṁ, āvuso, pariyāyena veditabbaṁ yathā sukhaṁ nibbānaṁ.","en":"Furthermore, take a mendicant who, going totally beyond perceptions of form, with the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, enters and remains in the dimension of infinite space.\nWhile a mendicant is practicing such a meditation, if perception and focus accompanied by form beset them, that’s an affliction for them.\nSuppose a happy person were to experience pain; that would be an affliction for them.\nIn the same way, should perception and focus accompanied by form beset them, that’s an affliction for them.\nAnd affliction has been called suffering by the Buddha.\nThat too is a way to understand how extinguishment is bliss."}},{"id":"an9.34:7","sourceIds":["an9.34:7.1","an9.34:7.2","an9.34:7.3","an9.34:7.4","an9.34:7.5","an9.34:7.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma anantaṁ viññāṇanti viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nTassa ce, āvuso, bhikkhuno iminā vihārena viharato ākāsānañcāyatanasahagatā saññāmanasikārā samudācaranti, svassa hoti ābādho.\nSeyyathāpi, āvuso, sukhino dukkhaṁ uppajjeyya yāvadeva ābādhāya;\nevamevassa te ākāsānañcāyatanasahagatā saññāmanasikārā samudācaranti. Svassa hoti ābādho.\nYo kho panāvuso, ābādho dukkhametaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā.\nImināpi kho etaṁ, āvuso, pariyāyena veditabbaṁ yathā sukhaṁ nibbānaṁ.","en":"Furthermore, take a mendicant who, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite space, aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, enters and remains in the dimension of infinite consciousness.\nWhile a mendicant is practicing such a meditation, if perception and focus accompanied by the dimension of infinite space beset them, that’s an affliction for them.\nSuppose a happy person were to experience pain; that would be an affliction for them.\nIn the same way, should perception and focus accompanied by the dimension of infinite space beset them, that’s an affliction for them.\nAnd affliction has been called suffering by the Buddha.\nThat too is a way to understand how extinguishment is bliss."}},{"id":"an9.34:8","sourceIds":["an9.34:8.1","an9.34:8.2","an9.34:8.3","an9.34:8.4","an9.34:8.5","an9.34:8.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma, natthi kiñcīti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nTassa ce, āvuso, bhikkhuno iminā vihārena viharato viññāṇañcāyatanasahagatā saññāmanasikārā samudācaranti, svassa hoti ābādho.\nSeyyathāpi, āvuso, sukhino dukkhaṁ uppajjeyya yāvadeva ābādhāya;\nevamevassa te viññāṇañcāyatanasahagatā saññāmanasikārā samudācaranti. Svassa hoti ābādho.\nYo kho panāvuso, ābādho dukkhametaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā.\nImināpi kho etaṁ, āvuso, pariyāyena veditabbaṁ yathā sukhaṁ nibbānaṁ.","en":"Furthermore, take a mendicant who, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, enters and remains in the dimension of nothingness.\nWhile a mendicant is practicing such a meditation, if perception and focus accompanied by the dimension of infinite consciousness beset them, that’s an affliction for them.\nSuppose a happy person were to experience pain; that would be an affliction for them.\nIn the same way, should perception and focus accompanied by the dimension of infinite consciousness beset them, that’s an affliction for them.\nAnd affliction has been called suffering by the Buddha.\nThat too is a way to understand how extinguishment is bliss."}},{"id":"an9.34:9","sourceIds":["an9.34:9.1","an9.34:9.2","an9.34:9.3","an9.34:9.4","an9.34:9.5","an9.34:9.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sabbaso ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nTassa ce, āvuso, bhikkhuno iminā vihārena viharato ākiñcaññāyatanasahagatā saññāmanasikārā samudācaranti, svassa hoti ābādho.\nSeyyathāpi, āvuso, sukhino dukkhaṁ uppajjeyya yāvadeva ābādhāya;\nevamevassa te ākiñcaññāyatanasahagatā saññāmanasikārā samudācaranti. Svassa hoti ābādho.\nYo kho panāvuso, ābādho dukkhametaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā.\nImināpi kho etaṁ, āvuso, pariyāyena veditabbaṁ yathā sukhaṁ nibbānaṁ.","en":"Furthermore, take a mendicant who, going totally beyond the dimension of nothingness, enters and remains in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception.\nWhile a mendicant is practicing such a meditation, if perception and focus accompanied by the dimension of nothingness beset them, that’s an affliction for them.\nSuppose a happy person were to experience pain; that would be an affliction for them.\nIn the same way, should perception and focus accompanied by the dimension of nothingness beset them, that’s an affliction for them.\nAnd affliction has been called suffering by the Buddha.\nThat too is a way to understand how extinguishment is bliss."}},{"id":"an9.34:10","sourceIds":["an9.34:10.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ upasampajja viharati, paññāya cassa disvā āsavā parikkhīṇā honti.","en":"Furthermore, take a mendicant who, going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, enters and remains in the cessation of perception and feeling. And, having seen with wisdom, their defilements come to an end."}},{"id":"an9.34:11","sourceIds":["an9.34:11.1","an9.34:11.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Imināpi kho etaṁ, āvuso, pariyāyena veditabbaṁ yathā sukhaṁ nibbānan”ti.\nTatiyaṁ.","en":"That too is a way to understand how extinguishment is bliss.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an9.34/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."}