{"id":"sn46.57","title":"A Skeleton","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn46.57","title":"A Skeleton","units":[{"id":"sn46.57:0","sourceIds":["sn46.57:0.1","sn46.57:0.2","sn46.57:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.57\n7. Ānāpānavagga\nAṭṭhikamahapphalasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 46.57\n7. Breathing\nA Skeleton"}},{"id":"sn46.57:1","sourceIds":["sn46.57:1.1","sn46.57:1.2","sn46.57:1.3","sn46.57:1.4","sn46.57:1.5","sn46.57:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\n“Aṭṭhikasaññā, bhikkhave, bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahapphalā hoti mahānisaṁsā.\nKathaṁ bhāvitā ca, bhikkhave, aṭṭhikasaññā kathaṁ bahulīkatā mahapphalā hoti mahānisaṁsā?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu aṭṭhikasaññāsahagataṁ satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ …pe…\naṭṭhikasaññāsahagataṁ upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.\nEvaṁ bhāvitā kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhikasaññā evaṁ bahulīkatā mahapphalā hoti mahānisaṁsā”ti.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Mendicants, when the perception of a skeleton is developed and cultivated it’s very fruitful and beneficial.\nHow so?\nIt’s when a mendicant develops the perception of a skeleton together with the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion,\nand equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.\nThat’s how the perception of a skeleton, when developed and cultivated, is very fruitful and beneficial.”"}},{"id":"sn46.57:2","sourceIds":["sn46.57:2.0","sn46.57:2.1","sn46.57:2.2","sn46.57:2.3","sn46.57:2.4","sn46.57:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aññataraphalasutta\n“Aṭṭhikasaññāya, bhikkhave, bhāvitāya bahulīkatāya dvinnaṁ phalānaṁ aññataraṁ phalaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ—diṭṭheva dhamme aññā, sati vā upādisese anāgāmitā.\nKathaṁ bhāvitāya ca kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhikasaññāya kathaṁ bahulīkatāya dvinnaṁ phalānaṁ aññataraṁ phalaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ—diṭṭheva dhamme aññā, sati vā upādisese anāgāmitā?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu aṭṭhikasaññāsahagataṁ satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti …pe…\naṭṭhikasaññāsahagataṁ upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.\nEvaṁ bhāvitāya kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhikasaññāya evaṁ bahulīkatāya dvinnaṁ phalānaṁ aññataraṁ phalaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ—diṭṭheva dhamme aññā, sati vā upādisese anāgāmitā”ti.","en":"“When the perception of a skeleton is developed and cultivated you can expect one of two results: enlightenment in this very life, or if there’s residue left behind, non-return.\nHow so? …”"}},{"id":"sn46.57:3","sourceIds":["sn46.57:3.0","sn46.57:3.1","sn46.57:3.2","sn46.57:3.3","sn46.57:3.4","sn46.57:3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mahatthasutta\n“Aṭṭhikasaññā, bhikkhave, bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahato atthāya saṁvattati.\nKathaṁ bhāvitā ca, bhikkhave, aṭṭhikasaññā kathaṁ bahulīkatā mahato atthāya saṁvattati?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu aṭṭhikasaññāsahagataṁ satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti …pe…\naṭṭhikasaññāsahagataṁ upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.\nEvaṁ bhāvitā kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhikasaññā evaṁ bahulīkatā mahato atthāya saṁvattatī”ti.","en":"“Mendicants, when the perception of a skeleton is developed and cultivated it leads to great benefit.\nHow so? …”"}},{"id":"sn46.57:4","sourceIds":["sn46.57:4.0","sn46.57:4.1","sn46.57:4.2","sn46.57:4.3","sn46.57:4.4","sn46.57:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yogakkhemasutta\n“Aṭṭhikasaññā, bhikkhave, bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahato yogakkhemāya saṁvattati.\nKathaṁ bhāvitā ca, bhikkhave, aṭṭhikasaññā kathaṁ bahulīkatā mahato yogakkhemāya saṁvattati?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu aṭṭhikasaññāsahagataṁ satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti …pe…\naṭṭhikasaññāsahagataṁ upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.\nEvaṁ bhāvitā kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhikasaññā evaṁ bahulīkatā mahato yogakkhemāya saṁvattatī”ti.","en":"“Mendicants, when the perception of a skeleton is developed and cultivated it leads to great sanctuary from the yoke.\nHow so? …”"}},{"id":"sn46.57:5","sourceIds":["sn46.57:5.0","sn46.57:5.1","sn46.57:5.2","sn46.57:5.3","sn46.57:5.4","sn46.57:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁvegasutta\n“Aṭṭhikasaññā, bhikkhave, bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahato saṁvegāya saṁvattati.\nKathaṁ bhāvitā ca, bhikkhave, aṭṭhikasaññā kathaṁ bahulīkatā mahato saṁvegāya saṁvattati?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu aṭṭhikasaññāsahagataṁ satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti …pe…\naṭṭhikasaññāsahagataṁ upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.\nEvaṁ bhāvitā kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhikasaññā evaṁ bahulīkatā mahato saṁvegāya saṁvattatī”ti.","en":"“Mendicants, when the perception of a skeleton is developed and cultivated it leads to great inspiration.\nHow so? …”"}},{"id":"sn46.57:6","sourceIds":["sn46.57:6.0","sn46.57:6.1","sn46.57:6.2","sn46.57:6.3","sn46.57:6.4","sn46.57:6.5","sn46.57:6.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Phāsuvihārasutta\n“Aṭṭhikasaññā, bhikkhave, bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahato phāsuvihārāya saṁvattati.\nKathaṁ bhāvitā ca, bhikkhave, aṭṭhikasaññā kathaṁ bahulīkatā mahato phāsuvihārāya saṁvattati?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu aṭṭhikasaññāsahagataṁ satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti …pe…\naṭṭhikasaññāsahagataṁ upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.\nEvaṁ bhāvitā kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhikasaññā evaṁ bahulīkatā mahato phāsuvihārāya saṁvattatī”ti\nPaṭhamaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, when the perception of a skeleton is developed and cultivated it leads to dwelling in great ease.\nHow so? …”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn46.57/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."}