{"id":"an9.42","title":"Cramped","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an9.42","title":"Cramped","units":[{"id":"an9.42:0","sourceIds":["an9.42:0.1","an9.42:0.2","an9.42:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.42\n5. Sāmaññavagga\nSambādhasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 9.42\n5. Similarity\nCramped"}},{"id":"an9.42:1","sourceIds":["an9.42:1.1","an9.42:1.2","an9.42:1.3","an9.42:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā ānando kosambiyaṁ viharati ghositārāme.\nAtha kho āyasmā udāyī yenāyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā ānandena saddhiṁ sammodi.\nSammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā udāyī āyasmantaṁ ānandaṁ etadavoca:\n“vuttamidaṁ, āvuso, pañcālacaṇḍena devaputtena:","en":"At one time Venerable Ānanda was staying near Kosambī in Ghosita’s monastery.\nThen Venerable Udāyī went up to Venerable Ānanda and exchanged greetings with him.\nWhen the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to Ānanda,\n“Reverend, this was said by the godling Pañcālacaṇḍa:"}},{"id":"an9.42:2","sourceIds":["an9.42:2.1","an9.42:2.2","an9.42:2.3","an9.42:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Sambādhe gataṁ okāsaṁ,\nAvidvā bhūrimedhaso;\nYo jhānamabujjhi buddho,\nPaṭilīnanisabho munī’ti.","en":"‘The opening amid confinement\nwas discovered by the Buddha of vast intelligence,\nwho awakened to absorption,\nthe sage, the solitary boss bull.’"}},{"id":"an9.42:3","sourceIds":["an9.42:3.1","an9.42:3.2","an9.42:3.3","an9.42:3.4","an9.42:3.5","an9.42:3.6","an9.42:3.7","an9.42:3.8","an9.42:3.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo, āvuso, sambādho, katamo sambādhe okāsādhigamo vutto bhagavatā”ti?\n“Pañcime, āvuso, kāmaguṇā sambādho vutto bhagavatā.\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 sambādho vutto bhagavatā.","en":"But what is confinement, and what is the opening amid confinement that the Buddha spoke of?”\n“Reverend, these five kinds of sensual stimulation are called ‘confinement’ by the Buddha.\nWhat five?\nSights known by the eye that 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 that are called ‘confinement’ by the Buddha."}},{"id":"an9.42:4","sourceIds":["an9.42:4.1","an9.42:4.2","an9.42:4.3","an9.42:4.4","an9.42:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idhāvuso, bhikkhu vivicceva kāmehi …pe… paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nEttāvatāpi kho, āvuso, sambādhe okāsādhigamo vutto bhagavatā pariyāyena.\nTatrāpatthi sambādho.\nKiñca tattha sambādho?\nYadeva tattha vitakkavicārā aniruddhā honti, ayamettha sambādho.","en":"Now, take a mendicant who, quite secluded from sensual pleasures … enters and remains in the first absorption.\nTo this extent the Buddha spoke of an opening amid confinement in a qualified sense.\nBut it is still confined.\nConfined by what?\nWhatever placing of the mind and keeping it connected has not ceased is the confinement there."}},{"id":"an9.42:5","sourceIds":["an9.42:5.1","an9.42:5.2","an9.42:5.3","an9.42:5.4","an9.42:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu vitakkavicārānaṁ vūpasamā …pe… dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nEttāvatāpi kho, āvuso, sambādhe okāsādhigamo vutto bhagavatā pariyāyena.\nTatrāpatthi sambādho.\nKiñca tattha sambādho?\nYadeva tattha pīti aniruddhā hoti, ayamettha sambādho.","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.\nTo this extent the Buddha spoke of an opening amid confinement in a qualified sense.\nBut it is still confined.\nConfined by what?\nWhatever rapture has not ceased is the confinement there."}},{"id":"an9.42:6","sourceIds":["an9.42:6.1","an9.42:6.2","an9.42:6.3","an9.42:6.4","an9.42:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu pītiyā ca virāgā …pe… tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nEttāvatāpi kho, āvuso, sambādhe okāsādhigamo vutto bhagavatā pariyāyena.\nTatrāpatthi sambādho.\nKiñca tattha sambādho?\nYadeva tattha upekkhāsukhaṁ aniruddhaṁ hoti, ayamettha sambādho.","en":"Furthermore, take a mendicant who, with the fading away of rapture … enters and remains in the third absorption.\nTo this extent the Buddha spoke of creating an opening amid confinement in a qualified sense.\nBut it is still confined.\nConfined by what?\nWhatever bliss with equanimity has not ceased is the confinement there."}},{"id":"an9.42:7","sourceIds":["an9.42:7.1","an9.42:7.2","an9.42:7.3","an9.42:7.4","an9.42:7.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sukhassa ca pahānā …pe… catutthaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nEttāvatāpi kho, āvuso, sambādhe okāsādhigamo vutto bhagavatā pariyāyena.\nTatrāpatthi sambādho.\nKiñca tattha sambādho?\nYadeva tattha rūpasaññā aniruddhā hoti, ayamettha sambādho.","en":"Furthermore, take a mendicant who, giving up pleasure and pain … enters and remains in the fourth absorption.\nTo this extent the Buddha spoke of an opening amid confinement in a qualified sense.\nBut it is still confined.\nConfined by what?\nWhatever perception of form has not ceased is the confinement there."}},{"id":"an9.42:8","sourceIds":["an9.42:8.1","an9.42:8.2","an9.42:8.3","an9.42:8.4","an9.42:8.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā ‘ananto ākāso’ti ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nEttāvatāpi kho, āvuso, sambādhe okāsādhigamo vutto bhagavatā pariyāyena.\nTatrāpatthi sambādho.\nKiñca tattha sambādho?\nYadeva tattha ākāsānañcāyatanasaññā aniruddhā hoti, ayamettha sambādho.","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.\nTo this extent the Buddha spoke of an opening amid confinement in a qualified sense.\nBut it is still confined.\nConfined by what?\nWhatever perception of the dimension of infinite space has not ceased is the confinement there."}},{"id":"an9.42:9","sourceIds":["an9.42:9.1","an9.42:9.2","an9.42:9.3","an9.42:9.4","an9.42:9.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘anantaṁ viññāṇan’ti viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nEttāvatāpi kho, āvuso, sambādhe okāsādhigamo vutto bhagavatā pariyāyena.\nTatrāpatthi sambādho.\nKiñca tattha sambādho?\nYadeva tattha viññāṇañcāyatanasaññā aniruddhā hoti, ayamettha sambādho.","en":"Furthermore, a mendicant, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite space, aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, enters and remains in the dimension of infinite consciousness.\nTo this extent the Buddha spoke of an opening amid confinement in a qualified sense.\nBut it is still confined.\nConfined by what?\nWhatever perception of the dimension of infinite consciousness has not ceased is the confinement there."}},{"id":"an9.42:10","sourceIds":["an9.42:10.1","an9.42:10.2","an9.42:10.3","an9.42:10.4","an9.42:10.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘natthi kiñcī’ti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nEttāvatāpi kho, āvuso, sambādhe okāsādhigamo vutto bhagavatā pariyāyena.\nTatrāpatthi sambādho.\nKiñca tattha sambādho?\nYadeva tattha ākiñcaññāyatanasaññā aniruddhā hoti, ayamettha sambādho.","en":"Furthermore, a mendicant, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, enters and remains in the dimension of nothingness.\nTo this extent the Buddha spoke of an opening amid confinement in a qualified sense.\nBut it is still confined.\nConfined by what?\nWhatever perception of the dimension of nothingness has not ceased is the confinement there."}},{"id":"an9.42:11","sourceIds":["an9.42:11.1","an9.42:11.2","an9.42:11.3","an9.42:11.4","an9.42:11.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sabbaso ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nEttāvatāpi kho, āvuso, sambādhe okāsādhigamo vutto bhagavatā pariyāyena.\nTatrāpatthi sambādho.\nKiñca tattha sambādho?\nYadeva tattha nevasaññānāsaññāyatanasaññā aniruddhā hoti, ayamettha sambādho.","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.\nTo this extent the Buddha spoke of an opening amid confinement in a qualified sense.\nBut it is still confined.\nConfined by what?\nWhatever perception of neither perception nor non-perception has not ceased is the confinement there."}},{"id":"an9.42:12","sourceIds":["an9.42:12.1","an9.42:12.2","an9.42:12.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ upasampajja viharati, paññāya cassa disvā āsavā parikkhīṇā honti.\nEttāvatāpi kho, āvuso, sambādhe okāsādhigamo vutto bhagavatā nippariyāyenā”ti.\nPaṭhamaṁ.","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.\nTo this extent the Buddha spoke of an opening amid confinement in a definitive sense.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an9.42/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."}