{"id":"an9.35","title":"The Simile of the Cow","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an9.35","title":"The Simile of the Cow","units":[{"id":"an9.35:0","sourceIds":["an9.35:0.1","an9.35:0.2","an9.35:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.35\n4. Mahāvagga\nGāvīupamāsutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 9.35\n4. The Great Chapter\nThe Simile of the Cow"}},{"id":"an9.35:1","sourceIds":["an9.35:1.1","an9.35:1.2","an9.35:1.3","an9.35:1.4","an9.35:1.5","an9.35:1.6","an9.35:1.7","an9.35:1.8","an9.35:1.9","an9.35:1.10","an9.35:1.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gāvī pabbateyyā bālā abyattā akhettaññū akusalā visame pabbate carituṁ.\nTassā evamassa:\n‘yannūnāhaṁ agatapubbañceva disaṁ gaccheyyaṁ, akhāditapubbāni ca tiṇāni khādeyyaṁ, apītapubbāni ca pānīyāni piveyyan’ti.\nSā purimaṁ pādaṁ na suppatiṭṭhitaṁ patiṭṭhāpetvā pacchimaṁ pādaṁ uddhareyya.\nSā na ceva agatapubbaṁ disaṁ gaccheyya, na ca akhāditapubbāni tiṇāni khādeyya, na ca apītapubbāni pānīyāni piveyya;\nyasmiṁ cassā padese ṭhitāya evamassa:\n‘yannūnāhaṁ agatapubbañceva disaṁ gaccheyyaṁ, akhāditapubbāni ca tiṇāni khādeyyaṁ, apītapubbāni ca pānīyāni piveyyan’ti tañca padesaṁ na sotthinā paccāgaccheyya.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nTathā hi sā, bhikkhave, gāvī pabbateyyā bālā abyattā akhettaññū akusalā visame pabbate carituṁ.\nEvamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, idhekacco bhikkhu bālo abyatto akhettaññū akusalo vivicceva kāmehi vivicca akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṁ savicāraṁ vivekajaṁ pītisukhaṁ paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati;\nso taṁ nimittaṁ na āsevati na bhāveti na bahulīkaroti na svādhiṭṭhitaṁ adhiṭṭhāti.","en":"“Mendicants, suppose there was a mountain cow who was foolish, incompetent, unskillful, and lacked common sense when roaming on rugged mountains.\nShe might think,\n‘Why don’t I go somewhere I’ve never been before? I could eat grass and drink water that I’ve never tried before.’\nShe’d take a step with a fore-hoof; but before it was properly set down, she’d lift up a hind-hoof.\nShe wouldn’t go somewhere she’d never been before, or eat grass and drink water that she’d never tried before.\nAnd she’d never return safely to the place she had started from.\nWhy is that?\nBecause that mountain cow was foolish, incompetent, unskillful, and lacked common sense when roaming on rugged mountains.\nIn the same way, some foolish, incompetent, unskillful mendicant, lacking common sense, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, enters and remains in the first absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of seclusion, while placing the mind and keeping it connected.\nBut they don’t cultivate, develop, and make much of that basis; they don’t ensure it is properly stabilized."}},{"id":"an9.35:2","sourceIds":["an9.35:2.1","an9.35:2.2","an9.35:2.3","an9.35:2.4","an9.35:2.5","an9.35:2.6","an9.35:2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘yannūnāhaṁ vitakkavicārānaṁ vūpasamā ajjhattaṁ sampasādanaṁ cetaso ekodibhāvaṁ avitakkaṁ avicāraṁ samādhijaṁ pītisukhaṁ dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja vihareyyan’ti.\nSo na sakkoti vitakkavicārānaṁ vūpasamā …pe… dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.\nTassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘yannūnāhaṁ vivicceva kāmehi vivicca akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṁ savicāraṁ vivekajaṁ pītisukhaṁ paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja vihareyyan’ti.\nSo na sakkoti vivicceva kāmehi …pe… paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ‘bhikkhu ubhato bhaṭṭho ubhato parihīno, seyyathāpi sā gāvī pabbateyyā bālā abyattā akhettaññū akusalā visame pabbate carituṁ’.","en":"They think,\n‘Why don’t I, as the placing of the mind and keeping it connected are stilled, enter and remain in the second absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of immersion, with internal clarity and mind at one, without placing the mind and keeping it connected.’\nBut they’re not able to enter and remain in the second absorption.\nThey think,\n‘Why don’t I, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, enter and remain in the first absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of seclusion, while placing the mind and keeping it connected.’\nBut they’re not able to enter and remain in the first absorption.\nThis is called a mendicant who has slipped and fallen from both sides. They’re like the mountain cow who was foolish, incompetent, unskillful, and lacking in common sense when roaming on rugged mountains."}},{"id":"an9.35:3","sourceIds":["an9.35:3.1","an9.35:3.2","an9.35:3.3","an9.35:3.4","an9.35:3.5","an9.35:3.6","an9.35:3.7","an9.35:3.8","an9.35:3.9","an9.35:3.10","an9.35:3.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gāvī pabbateyyā paṇḍitā byattā khettaññū kusalā visame pabbate carituṁ.\nTassā evamassa:\n‘yannūnāhaṁ agatapubbañceva disaṁ gaccheyyaṁ, akhāditapubbāni ca tiṇāni khādeyyaṁ, apītapubbāni ca pānīyāni piveyyan’ti.\nSā purimaṁ pādaṁ suppatiṭṭhitaṁ patiṭṭhāpetvā pacchimaṁ pādaṁ uddhareyya.\nSā agatapubbañceva disaṁ gaccheyya, akhāditapubbāni ca tiṇāni khādeyya, apītapubbāni ca pānīyāni piveyya.\nYasmiṁ cassā padese ṭhitāya evamassa:\n‘yannūnāhaṁ agatapubbañceva disaṁ gaccheyyaṁ, akhāditapubbāni ca tiṇāni khādeyyaṁ, apītapubbāni ca pānīyāni piveyyan’ti tañca padesaṁ sotthinā paccāgaccheyya.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nTathā hi sā, bhikkhave, gāvī pabbateyyā paṇḍitā byattā khettaññū kusalā visame pabbate carituṁ.\nEvamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, idhekacco bhikkhu paṇḍito byatto khettaññū kusalo vivicceva kāmehi vivicca akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṁ savicāraṁ vivekajaṁ pītisukhaṁ paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nSo taṁ nimittaṁ āsevati bhāveti bahulīkaroti svādhiṭṭhitaṁ adhiṭṭhāti.","en":"Suppose there was a mountain cow who was astute, competent, skillful, and used common sense when roaming on rugged mountains.\nShe might think,\n‘Why don’t I go somewhere I’ve never been before? I could eat grass and drink water that I’ve never tried before.’\nShe’d take a step with a fore-hoof; and after it was properly set down, she’d lift up a hind-hoof.\nShe’d go somewhere she’d never been before, and eat grass and drink water that she’d never tried before.\nAnd she’d return safely to the place she had started from.\nWhy is that?\nBecause that mountain cow was astute, competent, skillful, and used common sense when roaming on rugged mountains.\nIn the same way, some astute, competent, skillful mendicant, using common sense, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, enters and remains in the first absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of seclusion, while placing the mind and keeping it connected.\nThey cultivate, develop, and make much of that basis, ensuring that it’s properly stabilized."}},{"id":"an9.35:4","sourceIds":["an9.35:4.1","an9.35:4.2","an9.35:4.3","an9.35:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘yannūnāhaṁ vitakkavicārānaṁ vūpasamā ajjhattaṁ sampasādanaṁ cetaso ekodibhāvaṁ avitakkaṁ avicāraṁ samādhijaṁ pītisukhaṁ dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja vihareyyan’ti.\nSo dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ anabhihiṁsamāno vitakkavicārānaṁ vūpasamā … dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nSo taṁ nimittaṁ āsevati bhāveti bahulīkaroti svādhiṭṭhitaṁ adhiṭṭhāti.","en":"They think,\n‘Why don’t I, as the placing of the mind and keeping it connected are stilled, enter and remain in the second absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of immersion, with internal clarity and mind at one, without placing the mind and keeping it connected.’\nWithout charging at the second absorption, as the placing of the mind and keeping it connected are stilled, they enter and remain in the second absorption.\nThey cultivate, develop, and make much of that basis, ensuring that it’s properly stabilized."}},{"id":"an9.35:5","sourceIds":["an9.35:5.1","an9.35:5.2","an9.35:5.3","an9.35:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘yannūnāhaṁ pītiyā ca virāgā upekkhako ca vihareyyaṁ sato ca sampajāno, sukhañca kāyena paṭisaṁvedeyyaṁ yaṁ taṁ ariyā ācikkhanti—upekkhako satimā sukhavihārīti tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja vihareyyan’ti.\nSo tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ anabhihiṁsamāno pītiyā ca virāgā … tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nSo taṁ nimittaṁ āsevati bhāveti bahulīkaroti svādhiṭṭhitaṁ adhiṭṭhāti.","en":"They think,\n‘Why don’t I, with the fading away of rapture, enter and remain in the third absorption, where I will meditate with equanimity, mindful and aware, experiencing for themselves the bliss of which the noble ones declare, “Equanimous and mindful, one meditates in bliss.”’\nWithout charging at the third absorption, with the fading away of rapture, they enter and remain in the third absorption.\nThey cultivate, develop, and make much of that basis, ensuring that it’s properly stabilized."}},{"id":"an9.35:6","sourceIds":["an9.35:6.1","an9.35:6.2","an9.35:6.3","an9.35:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘yannūnāhaṁ sukhassa ca pahānā dukkhassa ca pahānā pubbeva somanassadomanassānaṁ atthaṅgamā adukkhamasukhaṁ upekkhāsatipārisuddhiṁ catutthaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja vihareyyan’ti.\nSo catutthaṁ jhānaṁ anabhihiṁsamāno sukhassa ca pahānā …pe… catutthaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nSo taṁ nimittaṁ āsevati bhāveti bahulīkaroti svādhiṭṭhitaṁ adhiṭṭhāti.","en":"They think,\n‘Why don’t I, with the giving up of pleasure and pain, and the disappearance of former happiness and sadness, enter and remain in the fourth absorption, without pleasure or pain, with pure equanimity and mindfulness.’\nWithout charging at the fourth absorption, with the giving up of pleasure and pain, and the disappearance of former happiness and sadness, they enter and remain in the fourth absorption.\nThey cultivate, develop, and make much of that basis, ensuring that it’s properly stabilized."}},{"id":"an9.35:7","sourceIds":["an9.35:7.1","an9.35:7.2","an9.35:7.3","an9.35:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘yannūnāhaṁ sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā ananto ākāsoti ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja vihareyyan’ti.\nSo ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ anabhihiṁsamāno sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā …pe… ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nSo taṁ nimittaṁ āsevati bhāveti bahulīkaroti svādhiṭṭhitaṁ adhiṭṭhāti.","en":"They think,\n‘Why don’t I, going totally beyond perceptions of form, with the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that “space is infinite”, enter and remain in the dimension of infinite space.’\nWithout charging at the dimension of infinite space, with the fading away of rapture, they enter and remain in the dimension of infinite space.\nThey cultivate, develop, and make much of that basis, ensuring that it’s properly stabilized."}},{"id":"an9.35:8","sourceIds":["an9.35:8.1","an9.35:8.2","an9.35:8.3","an9.35:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘yannūnāhaṁ sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma anantaṁ viññāṇanti viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja vihareyyan’ti.\nSo viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ anabhihiṁsamāno sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘anantaṁ viññāṇan’ti viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nSo taṁ nimittaṁ āsevati bhāveti bahulīkaroti svādhiṭṭhitaṁ adhiṭṭhāti.","en":"They think,\n‘Why don’t I, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite space, aware that “consciousness is infinite”, enter and remain in the dimension of infinite consciousness.’\nWithout charging at the dimension of infinite consciousness, they enter and remain in the dimension of infinite consciousness.\nThey cultivate, develop, and make much of that basis, ensuring that it’s properly stabilized."}},{"id":"an9.35:9","sourceIds":["an9.35:9.1","an9.35:9.2","an9.35:9.3","an9.35:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘yannūnāhaṁ sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma natthi kiñcīti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja vihareyyan’ti.\nSo ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ anabhihiṁsamāno sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘natthi kiñcī’ti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nSo taṁ nimittaṁ āsevati bhāveti bahulīkaroti svādhiṭṭhitaṁ adhiṭṭhāti.","en":"They think,\n‘Why don’t I, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that “there is nothing at all”, enter and remain in the dimension of nothingness.’\nWithout charging at the dimension of nothingness, they enter and remain in the dimension of nothingness.\nThey cultivate, develop, and make much of that basis, ensuring that it’s properly stabilized."}},{"id":"an9.35:10","sourceIds":["an9.35:10.1","an9.35:10.2","an9.35:10.3","an9.35:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘yannūnāhaṁ sabbaso ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja vihareyyan’ti.\nSo nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ anabhihiṁsamāno sabbaso ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nSo taṁ nimittaṁ āsevati bhāveti bahulīkaroti svādhiṭṭhitaṁ adhiṭṭhāti.","en":"They think,\n‘Why don’t I, going totally beyond the dimension of nothingness, enter and remain in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception.’\nWithout charging at the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, they enter and remain in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception.\nThey cultivate, develop, and make much of that basis, ensuring that it’s properly stabilized."}},{"id":"an9.35:11","sourceIds":["an9.35:11.1","an9.35:11.2","an9.35:11.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘yannūnāhaṁ sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ upasampajja vihareyyan’ti.\nSo saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ anabhihiṁsamāno sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ upasampajja viharati.","en":"They think,\n‘Why don’t I, going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, enter and remain in the cessation of perception and feeling.’\nWithout charging at the cessation of perception and feeling, they enter and remain in the cessation of perception and feeling."}},{"id":"an9.35:12","sourceIds":["an9.35:12.1","an9.35:12.2","an9.35:12.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yato kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu taṁ tadeva samāpattiṁ samāpajjatipi vuṭṭhātipi, tassa mudu cittaṁ hoti kammaññaṁ.\nMudunā kammaññena cittena appamāṇo samādhi hoti subhāvito.\nSo appamāṇena samādhinā subhāvitena yassa yassa abhiññāsacchikaraṇīyassa dhammassa cittaṁ abhininnāmeti abhiññāsacchikiriyāya tatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇāti sati sati āyatane.","en":"When a mendicant enters and emerges from any one of these attainments, their mind becomes pliable and workable.\nWith a pliable and workable mind, their immersion becomes limitless and well developed.\nThey extend the mind to realize by insight each and every thing that can be realized by insight; and they are capable of realizing those things, since each and every one is within range."}},{"id":"an9.35:13","sourceIds":["an9.35:13.1","an9.35:13.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So sace ākaṅkhati: ‘anekavihitaṁ iddhividhaṁ paccanubhaveyyaṁ—ekopi hutvā bahudhā assaṁ, bahudhāpi hutvā eko assaṁ …pe… yāva brahmalokāpi kāyena vasaṁ vatteyyan’ti,\ntatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇāti sati sati āyatane.","en":"They might wish: ‘May I wield the many kinds of psychic power: multiplying myself and becoming one again … controlling the body as far as the realm of divinity.’\nThey are capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range."}},{"id":"an9.35:14","sourceIds":["an9.35:14.1","an9.35:14.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So sace ākaṅkhati: ‘dibbāya sotadhātuyā …pe…\nsati sati āyatane.","en":"They might wish: ‘With clairaudience that is purified and superhuman, may I hear both kinds of sounds, human and heavenly, whether near or far.’\nThey are capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range."}},{"id":"an9.35:15","sourceIds":["an9.35:15.1","an9.35:15.2","an9.35:15.3","an9.35:15.4","an9.35:15.5","an9.35:15.6","an9.35:15.7","an9.35:15.8","an9.35:15.9","an9.35:15.10","an9.35:15.11","an9.35:15.12","an9.35:15.13","an9.35:15.14","an9.35:15.15","an9.35:15.16","an9.35:15.17","an9.35:15.18"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So sace ākaṅkhati: ‘parasattānaṁ parapuggalānaṁ cetasā ceto paricca pajāneyyaṁ,\nsarāgaṁ vā cittaṁ sarāgaṁ cittanti pajāneyyaṁ,\nvītarāgaṁ vā cittaṁ vītarāgaṁ cittanti pajāneyyaṁ,\nsadosaṁ vā cittaṁ sadosaṁ cittanti pajāneyyaṁ,\nvītadosaṁ vā cittaṁ vītadosaṁ cittanti pajāneyyaṁ,\nsamohaṁ vā cittaṁ samohaṁ cittanti pajāneyyaṁ,\nvītamohaṁ vā cittaṁ …\nsaṅkhittaṁ vā cittaṁ …\nvikkhittaṁ vā cittaṁ …\nmahaggataṁ vā cittaṁ …\namahaggataṁ vā cittaṁ …\nsauttaraṁ vā cittaṁ …\nanuttaraṁ vā cittaṁ …\nsamāhitaṁ vā cittaṁ …\nasamāhitaṁ vā cittaṁ …\nvimuttaṁ vā cittaṁ …\navimuttaṁ vā cittaṁ avimuttaṁ cittanti pajāneyyan’ti,\ntatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇāti sati sati āyatane.","en":"They might wish: ‘May I understand the minds of other beings and individuals, having encompassed them with my mind.\nMay I understand mind with greed as “mind with greed”,\nand mind without greed as “mind without greed”;\nmind with hate as “mind with hate”,\nand mind without hate as “mind without hate”;\nmind with delusion as “mind with delusion”,\nand mind without delusion as “mind without delusion”;\nconstricted mind …\nscattered mind …\nexpansive mind …\nunexpansive mind …\nmind that is not supreme …\nmind that is supreme …\nmind immersed in samādhi …\nmind not immersed in samādhi …\nfreed mind …\nand unfreed mind as “unfreed mind”.’\nThey are capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range."}},{"id":"an9.35:16","sourceIds":["an9.35:16.1","an9.35:16.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So sace ākaṅkhati: ‘anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussareyyaṁ, seyyathidaṁ—ekampi jātiṁ dvepi jātiyo …pe… iti sākāraṁ sauddesaṁ anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussareyyan’ti,\ntatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇāti sati sati āyatane.","en":"They might wish: ‘May I recollect many kinds of past lives. That is: one, two, three, four, five, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand rebirths; many eons of the world contracting, many eons of the world expanding, many eons of the world contracting and expanding. They remember: “There, I was named this, my clan was that, I looked like this, and that was my food. This was how I felt pleasure and pain, and that was how my life ended. When I passed away from that place I was reborn somewhere else. There, too, I was named this, my clan was that, I looked like this, and that was my food. This was how I felt pleasure and pain, and that was how my life ended. When I passed away from that place I was reborn here.” May I recollect my many past lives, with features and details.’\nThey’re capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range."}},{"id":"an9.35:17","sourceIds":["an9.35:17.1","an9.35:17.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So sace ākaṅkhati: ‘dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena …pe… yathākammūpage satte pajāneyyan’ti\ntatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇāti sati sati āyatane.","en":"They might wish: ‘With clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, may I see sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place—and understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds.’\nThey’re capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range."}},{"id":"an9.35:18","sourceIds":["an9.35:18.1","an9.35:18.2","an9.35:18.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So sace ākaṅkhati: ‘āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihareyyan’ti,\ntatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇāti sati sati āyatane”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"They might wish: ‘May I realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with my own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.’\nThey’re capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an9.35/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."}