{"id":"mn64","title":"The Longer Discourse With Māluṅkya","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"mn64","title":"The Longer Discourse With Māluṅkya","units":[{"id":"mn64:0","sourceIds":["mn64:0.1","mn64:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Majjhima Nikāya 64\nMahāmālukyasutta","en":"Middle Discourses 64\nThe Longer Discourse With Māluṅkya"}},{"id":"mn64:1","sourceIds":["mn64:1.1","mn64:1.2","mn64:1.3","mn64:1.4","mn64:1.5","mn64:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“bhikkhavo”ti.\n“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.\nBhagavā etadavoca:","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nThere the Buddha addressed the mendicants,\n“Mendicants!”\n“Venerable sir,” they replied.\nThe Buddha said this:"}},{"id":"mn64:2","sourceIds":["mn64:2.1","mn64:2.2","mn64:2.3","mn64:2.4","mn64:2.5","mn64:2.6","mn64:2.7","mn64:2.8","mn64:2.9","mn64:2.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“dhāretha no tumhe, bhikkhave, mayā desitāni pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanānī”ti?\nEvaṁ vutte, āyasmā mālukyaputto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“ahaṁ kho, bhante, dhāremi bhagavatā desitāni pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanānī”ti.\n“Yathā kathaṁ pana tvaṁ, mālukyaputta, dhāresi mayā desitāni pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanānī”ti?\n“Sakkāyadiṭṭhiṁ kho ahaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā orambhāgiyaṁ saṁyojanaṁ desitaṁ dhāremi;\nvicikicchaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā orambhāgiyaṁ saṁyojanaṁ desitaṁ dhāremi;\nsīlabbataparāmāsaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā orambhāgiyaṁ saṁyojanaṁ desitaṁ dhāremi;\nkāmacchandaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā orambhāgiyaṁ saṁyojanaṁ desitaṁ dhāremi;\nbyāpādaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā orambhāgiyaṁ saṁyojanaṁ desitaṁ dhāremi.\nEvaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhante, dhāremi bhagavatā desitāni pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanānī”ti.","en":"“Mendicants, do you remember the five lower fetters taught by me?”\nWhen he said this, Venerable Māluṅkyaputta said to him,\n“Sir, I remember them.”\n“But how do you remember them?”\n“I remember the lower fetters taught by the Buddha as follows: substantialist view,\ndoubt,\nmisapprehension of precepts and observances,\nsensual desire,\nand ill will.\nThat’s how I remember the five lower fetters taught by the Buddha.”"}},{"id":"mn64:3","sourceIds":["mn64:3.1","mn64:3.2","mn64:3.3","mn64:3.4","mn64:3.5","mn64:3.6","mn64:3.7","mn64:3.8","mn64:3.9","mn64:3.10","mn64:3.11","mn64:3.12","mn64:3.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kassa kho nāma tvaṁ, mālukyaputta, imāni evaṁ pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni desitāni dhāresi?\nNanu, mālukyaputta, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā iminā taruṇūpamena upārambhena upārambhissanti?\nDaharassa hi, mālukyaputta, kumārassa mandassa uttānaseyyakassa sakkāyotipi na hoti, kuto panassa uppajjissati sakkāyadiṭṭhi?\nAnusetvevassa sakkāyadiṭṭhānusayo.\nDaharassa hi, mālukyaputta, kumārassa mandassa uttānaseyyakassa dhammātipi na hoti, kuto panassa uppajjissati dhammesu vicikicchā?\nAnusetvevassa vicikicchānusayo.\nDaharassa hi, mālukyaputta, kumārassa mandassa uttānaseyyakassa sīlātipi na hoti, kuto panassa uppajjissati sīlesu sīlabbataparāmāso?\nAnusetvevassa sīlabbataparāmāsānusayo.\nDaharassa hi, mālukyaputta, kumārassa mandassa uttānaseyyakassa kāmātipi na hoti, kuto panassa uppajjissati kāmesu kāmacchando?\nAnusetvevassa kāmarāgānusayo.\nDaharassa hi, mālukyaputta, kumārassa mandassa uttānaseyyakassa sattātipi na hoti, kuto panassa uppajjissati sattesu byāpādo?\nAnusetvevassa byāpādānusayo.\nNanu, mālukyaputta, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā iminā taruṇūpamena upārambhena upārambhissantī”ti?","en":"“Who on earth do you remember being taught the five lower fetters in that way?\nWouldn’t the wanderers of other religions fault you using the simile of the infant?\nFor a little baby doesn’t even have a concept of ‘substantial reality’, so how could substantialist view possibly arise in them?\nYet the underlying tendency to substantialist view still lies within them.\nA little baby doesn’t even have a concept of ‘teachings’, so how could doubt about the teachings possibly arise in them?\nYet the underlying tendency to doubt still lies within them.\nA little baby doesn’t even have a concept of ‘precepts’, so how could misapprehension of precepts and observances possibly arise in them?\nYet the underlying tendency to misapprehension of precepts and observances still lies within them.\nA little baby doesn’t even have a concept of ‘sensual pleasures’, so how could desire for sensual pleasures possibly arise in them?\nYet the underlying tendency to sensual desire still lies within them.\nA little baby doesn’t even have a concept of ‘sentient beings’, so how could ill will for sentient beings possibly arise in them?\nYet the underlying tendency to ill will still lies within them.\nWouldn’t the wanderers of other religions fault you using the simile of the infant?”"}},{"id":"mn64:4","sourceIds":["mn64:4.1","mn64:4.2","mn64:4.3","mn64:4.4","mn64:4.5","mn64:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“etassa, bhagavā, kālo, etassa, sugata, kālo\nyaṁ bhagavā pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni deseyya. Bhagavato sutvā bhikkhū dhāressantī”ti.\n“Tena hānanda, suṇāhi, sādhukaṁ manasi karohi; bhāsissāmī”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho āyasmā ānando bhagavato paccassosi.\nBhagavā etadavoca:","en":"When he said this, Venerable Ānanda said to the Buddha,\n“Now is the time, Blessed One! Now is the time, Holy One!\nMay the Buddha teach the five lower fetters. The mendicants will listen and remember it.”\n“Well then, Ānanda, listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”\n“Yes, sir,” Ānanda replied.\nThe Buddha said this:"}},{"id":"mn64:5","sourceIds":["mn64:5.1","mn64:5.2","mn64:5.3","mn64:5.4","mn64:5.5","mn64:5.6","mn64:5.7","mn64:5.8","mn64:5.9","mn64:5.10","mn64:5.11","mn64:5.12","mn64:5.13","mn64:5.14","mn64:5.15","mn64:5.16"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Idhānanda, assutavā puthujjano ariyānaṁ adassāvī ariyadhammassa akovido ariyadhamme avinīto, sappurisānaṁ adassāvī sappurisadhammassa akovido sappurisadhamme avinīto\nsakkāyadiṭṭhipariyuṭṭhitena cetasā viharati sakkāyadiṭṭhiparetena;\nuppannāya ca sakkāyadiṭṭhiyā nissaraṇaṁ yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.\nTassa sā sakkāyadiṭṭhi thāmagatā appaṭivinītā orambhāgiyaṁ saṁyojanaṁ.\nVicikicchāpariyuṭṭhitena cetasā viharati vicikicchāparetena;\nuppannāya ca vicikicchāya nissaraṇaṁ yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.\nTassa sā vicikicchā thāmagatā appaṭivinītā orambhāgiyaṁ saṁyojanaṁ.\nSīlabbataparāmāsapariyuṭṭhitena cetasā viharati sīlabbataparāmāsaparetena;\nuppannassa ca sīlabbataparāmāsassa nissaraṇaṁ yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.\nTassa so sīlabbataparāmāso thāmagato appaṭivinīto orambhāgiyaṁ saṁyojanaṁ.\nKāmarāgapariyuṭṭhitena cetasā viharati kāmarāgaparetena;\nuppannassa ca kāmarāgassa nissaraṇaṁ yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.\nTassa so kāmarāgo thāmagato appaṭivinīto orambhāgiyaṁ saṁyojanaṁ.\nByāpādapariyuṭṭhitena cetasā viharati byāpādaparetena;\nuppannassa ca byāpādassa nissaraṇaṁ yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.\nTassa so byāpādo thāmagato appaṭivinīto orambhāgiyaṁ saṁyojanaṁ.","en":"“Ānanda, take an unlearned ordinary person who has not seen the noble ones, and is neither skilled nor trained in the teaching of the noble ones. They’ve not seen true persons, and are neither skilled nor trained in the teaching of the true persons.\nTheir heart is overcome and mired in substantialist view,\nand they don’t truly understand the escape from substantialist view that has arisen.\nThat substantialist view is entrenched in them, not eliminated: it is a lower fetter.\nTheir heart is overcome and mired in doubt,\nand they don’t truly understand the escape from doubt that has arisen.\nThat doubt is entrenched in them, not eliminated: it is a lower fetter.\nTheir heart is overcome and mired in misapprehension of precepts and observances,\nand they don’t truly understand the escape from misapprehension of precepts and observances that has arisen.\nThat misapprehension of precepts and observances is entrenched in them, not eliminated: it is a lower fetter.\nTheir heart is overcome and mired in sensual desire,\nand they don’t truly understand the escape from sensual desire that has arisen.\nThat sensual desire is entrenched in them, not eliminated: it is a lower fetter.\nTheir heart is overcome and mired in ill will,\nand they don’t truly understand the escape from ill will that has arisen.\nThat ill will is entrenched in them, not eliminated: it is a lower fetter."}},{"id":"mn64:6","sourceIds":["mn64:6.1","mn64:6.2","mn64:6.3","mn64:6.4","mn64:6.5","mn64:6.6","mn64:6.7","mn64:6.8","mn64:6.9","mn64:6.10","mn64:6.11","mn64:6.12","mn64:6.13","mn64:6.14","mn64:6.15","mn64:6.16","mn64:6.17","mn64:6.18","mn64:6.19"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutavā ca kho, ānanda, ariyasāvako ariyānaṁ dassāvī ariyadhammassa kovido ariyadhamme suvinīto, sappurisānaṁ dassāvī sappurisadhammassa kovido sappurisadhamme suvinīto na sakkāyadiṭṭhipariyuṭṭhitena cetasā viharati na sakkāyadiṭṭhiparetena;\nuppannāya ca sakkāyadiṭṭhiyā nissaraṇaṁ yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.\nTassa sā sakkāyadiṭṭhi sānusayā pahīyati.\nNa vicikicchāpariyuṭṭhitena cetasā viharati na vicikicchāparetena;\nuppannāya ca vicikicchāya nissaraṇaṁ yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.\nTassa sā vicikicchā sānusayā pahīyati.\nNa sīlabbataparāmāsapariyuṭṭhitena cetasā viharati na sīlabbataparāmāsaparetena;\nuppannassa ca sīlabbataparāmāsassa nissaraṇaṁ yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.\nTassa so sīlabbataparāmāso sānusayo pahīyati.\nNa kāmarāgapariyuṭṭhitena cetasā viharati na kāmarāgaparetena;\nuppannassa ca kāmarāgassa nissaraṇaṁ yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.\nTassa so kāmarāgo sānusayo pahīyati.\nNa byāpādapariyuṭṭhitena cetasā viharati na byāpādaparetena;\nuppannassa ca byāpādassa nissaraṇaṁ yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.\nTassa so byāpādo sānusayo pahīyati.\nYo, ānanda, maggo yā paṭipadā pañcannaṁ orambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ pahānāya taṁ maggaṁ taṁ paṭipadaṁ anāgamma pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni ñassati vā dakkhati vā pajahissati vāti—netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.\nSeyyathāpi, ānanda, mahato rukkhassa tiṭṭhato sāravato tacaṁ acchetvā phegguṁ acchetvā sāracchedo bhavissatīti—\nnetaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati;\nevameva kho, ānanda, yo maggo yā paṭipadā pañcannaṁ orambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ pahānāya taṁ maggaṁ taṁ paṭipadaṁ anāgamma pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni ñassati vā dakkhati vā pajahissati vāti—netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.","en":"But a learned noble disciple has seen the noble ones, and is skilled and trained in the teaching of the noble ones. They’ve seen true persons, and are skilled and trained in the teaching of the true persons. Their heart is not overcome and mired in substantialist view,\nand they truly understand the escape from substantialist view that has arisen.\nThat substantialist view, along with any underlying tendency to it, is given up in them.\nTheir heart is not overcome and mired in doubt,\nand they truly understand the escape from doubt that has arisen.\nThat doubt, along with any underlying tendency to it, is given up in them.\nTheir heart is not overcome and mired in misapprehension of precepts and observances,\nand they truly understand the escape from misapprehension of precepts and observances that has arisen.\nThat misapprehension of precepts and observances, along with any underlying tendency to it, is given up in them.\nTheir heart is not overcome and mired in sensual desire,\nand they truly understand the escape from sensual desire that has arisen.\nThat sensual desire, along with any underlying tendency to it, is given up in them.\nTheir heart is not overcome and mired in ill will,\nand they truly understand the escape from ill will that has arisen.\nThat ill will, along with any underlying tendency to it, is given up in them.\nThere is a path and a practice for giving up the five lower fetters. It’s not possible to know or see or give up the five lower fetters without relying on that path and that practice.\nSuppose there was a large tree standing with heartwood. It’s not possible to cut out the heartwood without having cut through the bark and the softwood.\nIn the same way, there is a path and a practice for giving up the five lower fetters. It’s not possible to know or see or give up the five lower fetters without relying on that path and that practice."}},{"id":"mn64:7","sourceIds":["mn64:7.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo ca kho, ānanda, maggo yā paṭipadā pañcannaṁ orambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ pahānāya taṁ maggaṁ taṁ paṭipadaṁ āgamma pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni ñassati vā dakkhati vā pajahissati vāti—ṭhānametaṁ vijjati.","en":"But it is possible to know and see and give up the five lower fetters by relying on that path and that practice."}},{"id":"mn64:8","sourceIds":["mn64:8.1","mn64:8.2","mn64:8.3","mn64:8.4","mn64:8.5","mn64:8.6","mn64:8.7","mn64:8.8","mn64:8.9","mn64:8.10","mn64:8.11","mn64:8.12","mn64:8.13","mn64:8.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, ānanda, mahato rukkhassa tiṭṭhato sāravato tacaṁ chetvā phegguṁ chetvā sāracchedo bhavissatīti—ṭhānametaṁ vijjati.\nevameva kho, ānanda, yo maggo yā paṭipadā pañcannaṁ orambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ pahānāya taṁ maggaṁ taṁ paṭipadaṁ āgamma pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni ñassati vā dakkhati vā pajahissati vāti—ṭhānametaṁ vijjati.\nSeyyathāpi, ānanda, gaṅgā nadī pūrā udakassa samatittikā kākapeyyā.\nAtha dubbalako puriso āgaccheyya:\n‘ahaṁ imissā gaṅgāya nadiyā tiriyaṁ bāhāya sotaṁ chetvā sotthinā pāraṁ gacchissāmī’ti;\nso na sakkuṇeyya gaṅgāya nadiyā tiriyaṁ bāhāya sotaṁ chetvā sotthinā pāraṁ gantuṁ.\nEvameva kho, ānanda, yesaṁ kesañci sakkāyanirodhāya dhamme desiyamāne cittaṁ na pakkhandati nappasīdati na santiṭṭhati na vimuccati;\nseyyathāpi so dubbalako puriso evamete daṭṭhabbā.\nSeyyathāpi, ānanda, gaṅgā nadī pūrā udakassa samatittikā kākapeyyā.\nAtha balavā puriso āgaccheyya:\n‘ahaṁ imissā gaṅgāya nadiyā tiriyaṁ bāhāya sotaṁ chetvā sotthinā pāraṁ gacchissāmī’ti;\nso sakkuṇeyya gaṅgāya nadiyā tiriyaṁ bāhāya sotaṁ chetvā sotthinā pāraṁ gantuṁ.\nEvameva kho, ānanda, yesaṁ kesañci sakkāyanirodhāya dhamme desiyamāne cittaṁ pakkhandati pasīdati santiṭṭhati vimuccati;\nseyyathāpi so balavā puriso evamete daṭṭhabbā.","en":"Suppose there was a large tree standing with heartwood. It is possible to cut out the heartwood after having cut through the bark and the softwood.\nIn the same way, there is a path and a practice for giving up the five lower fetters. It is possible to know and see and give up the five lower fetters by relying on that path and that practice.\nSuppose the Ganges River was full to the brim so a crow could drink from it.\nThen along comes a feeble person, who thinks:\n‘By swimming with my arms I’ll safely cross over to the far shore of the Ganges.’\nBut they’re not able to do so.\nIn the same way, when the Dhamma is being taught to them for the cessation of substantial reality, those whose mind does not leap forth, gain confidence, settle down, and become decided\nshould be regarded as being like that feeble person.\nSuppose the Ganges River was full to the brim so a crow could drink from it.\nThen along comes a strong person, who thinks:\n‘By swimming with my arms I’ll safely cross over to the far shore of the Ganges.’\nAnd they are able to do so.\nIn the same way, when the Dhamma is being taught to them for the cessation of substantial reality, those whose mind leaps forth, gains confidence, settles down, and becomes decided\nshould be regarded as being like that strong person."}},{"id":"mn64:9","sourceIds":["mn64:9.1","mn64:9.2","mn64:9.3","mn64:9.4","mn64:9.5","mn64:9.6","mn64:9.7","mn64:9.8","mn64:9.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo cānanda, maggo, katamā paṭipadā pañcannaṁ orambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ pahānāya?\nIdhānanda, bhikkhu upadhivivekā akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānā sabbaso kāyaduṭṭhullānaṁ paṭippassaddhiyā vivicceva kāmehi vivicca akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṁ savicāraṁ vivekajaṁ pītisukhaṁ paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nSo yadeva tattha hoti rūpagataṁ vedanāgataṁ saññāgataṁ saṅkhāragataṁ viññāṇagataṁ te dhamme aniccato dukkhato rogato gaṇḍato sallato aghato ābādhato parato palokato suññato anattato samanupassati.\nSo tehi dhammehi cittaṁ paṭivāpeti.\nSo tehi dhammehi cittaṁ paṭivāpetvā amatāya dhātuyā cittaṁ upasaṁharati:\n‘etaṁ santaṁ etaṁ paṇītaṁ yadidaṁ sabbasaṅkhārasamatho sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggo taṇhākkhayo virāgo nirodho nibbānan’ti.\nSo tattha ṭhito āsavānaṁ khayaṁ pāpuṇāti;\nno ce āsavānaṁ khayaṁ pāpuṇāti teneva dhammarāgena tāya dhammanandiyā pañcannaṁ orambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ parikkhayā opapātiko hoti, tattha parinibbāyī, anāvattidhammo tasmā lokā.\nAyampi kho, ānanda, maggo ayaṁ paṭipadā pañcannaṁ orambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ pahānāya.","en":"And what, Ānanda, is the path and the practice for giving up the five lower fetters?\nIt’s when a mendicant—due to the seclusion from attachments, the giving up of unskillful qualities, and the complete settling of physical discomforts—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 contemplate the phenomena there—included in form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness—as impermanent, as suffering, as diseased, as a boil, as a dart, as gloom, as an affliction, as alien, as breaking apart, as empty, as not-self.\nThey turn their mind away from those things,\nand apply it to the element free of death:\n‘This is peaceful; this is sublime—that is, the stilling of all activities, the letting go of all attachments, the ending of craving, fading away, cessation, extinguishment.’\nAbiding in that they attain the ending of defilements.\nIf they don’t attain the ending of defilements, with the ending of the five lower fetters they’re reborn spontaneously, because of their passion and love for that meditation. They are extinguished there, and are not liable to return from that world.\nThis is the path and the practice for giving up the five lower fetters."}},{"id":"mn64:10-12","sourceIds":["mn64:10-12.1","mn64:10-12.2","mn64:10-12.3","mn64:10-12.4","mn64:10-12.5","mn64:10-12.6","mn64:10-12.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, ānanda, bhikkhu vitakkavicārānaṁ vūpasamā …pe… dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati …pe…\ntatiyaṁ jhānaṁ …pe…\ncatutthaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nSo yadeva tattha hoti rūpagataṁ vedanāgataṁ saññāgataṁ saṅkhāragataṁ viññāṇagataṁ …\npe…\nanāvattidhammo tasmā lokā.\nAyampi kho, ānanda, maggo ayaṁ paṭipadā pañcannaṁ orambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ pahānāya.","en":"Furthermore, as the placing of the mind and keeping it connected are stilled, a mendicant enters and remains in the second absorption …\nthird absorption …\nfourth absorption.\nThey contemplate the phenomena there—included in form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness—as impermanent …\nThey turn their mind away from those things …\nIf they don’t attain the ending of defilements, they’re reborn spontaneously … and are not liable to return from that world.\nThis too is the path and the practice for giving up the five lower fetters."}},{"id":"mn64:13","sourceIds":["mn64:13.1","mn64:13.2","mn64:13.3","mn64:13.4","mn64:13.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, ānanda, bhikkhu sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā ‘ananto ākāso’ti ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nSo yadeva tattha hoti vedanāgataṁ saññāgataṁ saṅkhāragataṁ viññāṇagataṁ …\npe…\nanāvattidhammo tasmā lokā.\nAyampi kho, ānanda, maggo ayaṁ paṭipadā pañcannaṁ orambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ pahānāya.","en":"Furthermore, a mendicant, 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.\nThey contemplate the phenomena there—included in feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness—as impermanent …\nThey turn their mind away from those things …\nIf they don’t attain the ending of defilements, they’re reborn spontaneously … and are not liable to return from that world.\nThis too is the path and the practice for giving up the five lower fetters."}},{"id":"mn64:14","sourceIds":["mn64:14.1","mn64:14.2","mn64:14.3","mn64:14.4","mn64:14.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, ānanda, bhikkhu sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘anantaṁ viññāṇan’ti viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nSo yadeva tattha hoti vedanāgataṁ saññāgataṁ saṅkhāragataṁ viññāṇagataṁ …\npe…\nanāvattidhammo tasmā lokā.\nAyampi kho, ānanda, maggo ayaṁ paṭipadā pañcannaṁ orambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ pahānāya.","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.\nThey contemplate the phenomena there—included in feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness—as impermanent …\nThey turn their mind away from those things …\nIf they don’t attain the ending of defilements, they’re reborn spontaneously … and are not liable to return from that world.\nThis too is the path and the practice for giving up the five lower fetters."}},{"id":"mn64:15","sourceIds":["mn64:15.1","mn64:15.2","mn64:15.3","mn64:15.4","mn64:15.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, ānanda, bhikkhu sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘natthi kiñcī’ti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nSo yadeva tattha hoti vedanāgataṁ saññāgataṁ saṅkhāragataṁ viññāṇagataṁ …\npe…\nanāvattidhammo tasmā lokā.\nAyampi kho, ānanda, maggo ayaṁ paṭipadā pañcannaṁ orambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ pahānāyā”ti.","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.\nThey contemplate the phenomena there—included in feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness—as impermanent …\nThey turn their mind away from those things …\nIf they don’t attain the ending of defilements, they’re reborn spontaneously … and are not liable to return from that world.\nThis too is the path and the practice for giving up the five lower fetters.”"}},{"id":"mn64:16","sourceIds":["mn64:16.1","mn64:16.2","mn64:16.3","mn64:16.4","mn64:16.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Eso ce, bhante, maggo esā paṭipadā pañcannaṁ orambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ pahānāya, atha kiñcarahi idhekacce bhikkhū cetovimuttino ekacce bhikkhū paññāvimuttino”ti?\n“Ettha kho panesāhaṁ, ānanda, indriyavemattataṁ vadāmī”ti.\nIdamavoca bhagavā.\nAttamano āyasmā ānando bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandīti.\nMahāmālukyasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ catutthaṁ.","en":"“Sir, if this is the path and the practice for giving up the five lower fetters, how then are some mendicants here released in heart while others are released by wisdom?”\n“In that case, I say it is the disparity of their faculties.”\nThat is what the Buddha said.\nSatisfied, Venerable Ānanda approved what the Buddha said."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/mn64/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."}