Difference between revisions of "Acintita Sutta"
(4 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[File:Grenb 05.jpg|thumb|250px|]] | [[File:Grenb 05.jpg|thumb|250px|]] | ||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | "The jhana-range of a [[person]] in [[jhana]]...[2] | + | |
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | {{Centre|{{Big2x|Acintita Sutta: Unconjecturable}}<br/> | ||
+ | translated from the [[Pali]] by<br/> | ||
+ | [[Thanissaro Bhikkhu]]<br/> | ||
+ | © 1997}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | "There are these four [[unconjecturables]] that are not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about them. Which four? | ||
+ | |||
+ | "The [[Buddha]]-range of the [[Buddhas]][1] is an [[unconjecturable]] that is not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about it. | ||
+ | |||
+ | "The [[jhana]]-range of a [[person]] in [[jhana]]...[2] | ||
"The [precise working out of the] results of [[kamma]]... | "The [precise working out of the] results of [[kamma]]... | ||
− | "Conjecture about [the origin, etc., of] the [[world]] is an unconjecturable that is not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about it. | + | "Conjecture about [the origin, etc., of] the [[world]] is an [[unconjecturable]] that is not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about it. |
− | "These are the four unconjecturables that are not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about them." | + | "These are the four [[unconjecturables]] that are not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about them." |
Notes | Notes | ||
− | 1. | + | 1. I.e., the range of [[powers]] a [[Buddha]] develops as a result of becoming a [[Buddha]]. |
− | + | 2. I.e., the range of [[powers]] that one may obtain while absorbed in [[jhana]]. | |
− | 2. | + | |
− | |||
− | |||
{{R}} | {{R}} | ||
[http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.077.than.html www.accesstoinsight.org] | [http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.077.than.html www.accesstoinsight.org] | ||
[[Category:Acintita Sutta]] | [[Category:Acintita Sutta]] |
Latest revision as of 14:17, 1 February 2024
Acintita Sutta: Unconjecturable
translated from the Pali by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
© 1997
"There are these four unconjecturables that are not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about them. Which four?
"The Buddha-range of the Buddhas[1] is an unconjecturable that is not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about it.
"The jhana-range of a person in jhana...[2]
"The [precise working out of the] results of kamma...
"Conjecture about [the origin, etc., of] the world is an unconjecturable that is not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about it.
"These are the four unconjecturables that are not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about them." Notes
1. I.e., the range of powers a Buddha develops as a result of becoming a Buddha. 2. I.e., the range of powers that one may obtain while absorbed in jhana.