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[[Thanissaro Bhikkhu]] | [[Thanissaro Bhikkhu]] | ||
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"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? | "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? | ||
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"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
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I.e., the range of powers a Buddha develops as a result of becoming a Buddha.
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I.e., the range of powers that one may obtain while absorbed in jhana.
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