{"id":"sn14.11","title":"Seven Elements","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn14.11","title":"Seven Elements","units":[{"id":"sn14.11:0","sourceIds":["sn14.11:0.1","sn14.11:0.2","sn14.11:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 14.11\n2. Dutiyavagga\nSattadhātusutta","en":"Linked Discourses 14.11\nChapter Two\nSeven Elements"}},{"id":"sn14.11:1","sourceIds":["sn14.11:1.1","sn14.11:1.2","sn14.11:1.3","sn14.11:1.4","sn14.11:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.\n“Sattimā, bhikkhave, dhātuyo.\nKatamā satta?\nĀbhādhātu, subhadhātu, ākāsānañcāyatanadhātu, viññāṇañcāyatanadhātu, ākiñcaññāyatanadhātu, nevasaññānāsaññāyatanadhātu, saññāvedayitanirodhadhātu—\nimā kho, bhikkhave, satta dhātuyo”ti.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Mendicants, there are these seven elements.\nWhat seven?\nThe element of luminosity, the element of beauty, the element of the dimension of infinite space, the element of the dimension of infinite consciousness, the element of the dimension of nothingness, the element of the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, and the element of the cessation of perception and feeling.\nThese are the seven elements.”"}},{"id":"sn14.11:2","sourceIds":["sn14.11:2.1","sn14.11:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, aññataro bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“yā cāyaṁ, bhante, ābhādhātu yā ca subhadhātu yā ca ākāsānañcāyatanadhātu yā ca viññāṇañcāyatanadhātu yā ca ākiñcaññāyatanadhātu yā ca nevasaññānāsaññāyatanadhātu yā ca saññāvedayitanirodhadhātu—imā nu kho, bhante, dhātuyo kiṁ paṭicca paññāyantī”ti?","en":"When he said this, one of the mendicants said to the Buddha,\n“Sir, due to what does each of these elements appear?”"}},{"id":"sn14.11:3","sourceIds":["sn14.11:3.1","sn14.11:3.2","sn14.11:3.3","sn14.11:3.4","sn14.11:3.5","sn14.11:3.6","sn14.11:3.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yāyaṁ, bhikkhu, ābhādhātu—ayaṁ dhātu andhakāraṁ paṭicca paññāyati.\nYāyaṁ, bhikkhu, subhadhātu—ayaṁ dhātu asubhaṁ paṭicca paññāyati.\nYāyaṁ, bhikkhu, ākāsānañcāyatanadhātu—ayaṁ dhātu rūpaṁ paṭicca paññāyati.\nYāyaṁ, bhikkhu, viññāṇañcāyatanadhātu—ayaṁ dhātu ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ paṭicca paññāyati.\nYāyaṁ, bhikkhu, ākiñcaññāyatanadhātu—ayaṁ dhātu viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ paṭicca paññāyati.\nYāyaṁ, bhikkhu, nevasaññānāsaññāyatanadhātu—ayaṁ dhātu ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ paṭicca paññāyati.\nYāyaṁ, bhikkhu, saññāvedayitanirodhadhātu—ayaṁ dhātu nirodhaṁ paṭicca paññāyatī”ti.","en":"“Mendicant, the element of luminosity appears due to the element of darkness.\nThe element of beauty appears due to the element of ugliness.\nThe element of the dimension of infinite space appears due to the element of form.\nThe element of the dimension of infinite consciousness appears due to the element of the dimension of infinite space.\nThe element of the dimension of nothingness appears due to the element of the dimension of infinite consciousness.\nThe element of the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception appears due to the element of the dimension of nothingness.\nThe element of the cessation of perception and feeling appears due to the element of cessation.”"}},{"id":"sn14.11:4","sourceIds":["sn14.11:4.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yā cāyaṁ, bhante, ābhādhātu yā ca subhadhātu yā ca ākāsānañcāyatanadhātu yā ca viññāṇañcāyatanadhātu yā ca ākiñcaññāyatanadhātu yā ca nevasaññānāsaññāyatanadhātu yā ca saññāvedayitanirodhadhātu—imā nu kho, bhante, dhātuyo kathaṁ samāpatti pattabbā”ti?","en":"“Sir, how is each of these elements to be attained?”"}},{"id":"sn14.11:5","sourceIds":["sn14.11:5.1","sn14.11:5.2","sn14.11:5.3","sn14.11:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yā cāyaṁ, bhikkhu, ābhādhātu yā ca subhadhātu yā ca ākāsānañcāyatanadhātu yā ca viññāṇañcāyatanadhātu yā ca ākiñcaññāyatanadhātu—imā dhātuyo saññāsamāpatti pattabbā.\nYāyaṁ, bhikkhu, nevasaññānāsaññāyatanadhātu—ayaṁ dhātu saṅkhārāvasesasamāpatti pattabbā.\nYāyaṁ, bhikkhu, saññāvedayitanirodhadhātu—ayaṁ dhātu nirodhasamāpatti pattabbā”ti.\nPaṭhamaṁ.","en":"“The elements of light, beauty, the dimension of infinite space, the dimension of infinite consciousness, and the dimension of nothingness are attainments with perception.\nThe element of the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception is an attainment with residual conditioned phenomena.\nThe element of the cessation of perception and feeling is an attainment of cessation.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn14.11/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."}