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Sutta NipÄta 5.15 Sutta NipÄta 5.14Anthology of Discourses 5.15
PosÄlamÄį¹avapucchÄ PosÄlaās QuestionThe Question of PosÄla
āYo atÄ«taį¹ Ädisati, āTo one who reveals the pastāTo the one who reveals the past,ā
(iccÄyasmÄ posÄlo) (PosÄla)said Venerable PosÄla,
Anejo chinnasaį¹sayo; āunperturbed, his doubts cut throughāāwho is imperturbable, with doubts cut off,
PÄraguį¹ sabbadhammÄnaį¹, who has gone to the beyond of all phenomena,and who has gone beyond all things,
Atthi paƱhena Ägamaį¹. Iāve come with a desire for a question.I have come seeking with a question.
VibhÅ«tarÅ«pasaƱƱissa, of one devoid of perception of forms,Consider one who perceives that form has vanished, See Snp 4.11. The question refers to a meditator who has attained the dimension of nothingness.
sabbakÄyappahÄyino; who has abandoned all the body, every body,who has entirely given up the body,
AjjhattaƱca bahiddhÄ ca, who sees, within & without,and who sees nothing at all
natthi kiƱcÄ«ti passato; āThere is nothingā:internally and externally.
ĆÄį¹aį¹ sakkÄnupucchÄmi, I ask the Sakyan about the knowledgePosÄlaās question about the knowledge of one in the dimension of nothingness carries a double meaning: heās asking both what the Buddha knows about such a person, and what that person should do to develop his or her own knowledge further. The Buddhaās answer addresses both senses of the question. On delight in nothingness, see MN 106.I ask the Sakyan about knowledge for them; The Niddesa explains, in line with the Buddhaās answer, that the question is about the kind of knowledge needed to guide one with such an attainment. Thus the referent must be dative, not genitive.
kathaį¹ neyyo tathÄvidhoā. How is he to be led further on?āhow should that sort be guided?ā
āViƱƱÄį¹aį¹į¹hitiyo sabbÄ, āThe TathÄgata, knowing directlyāThe Realized One directly knows,ā
(posÄlÄti bhagavÄ) (the Buddha)said the Buddha,
AbhijÄnaį¹ tathÄgato; all stations of consciousness,On the seven stations of consciousness, see DN 15; the dimension of nothingness discussed here is the seventh and most refined of them (see Sn 5:6, note 1). On the steps leading to release from being stationed in the formless states, see MN 52, MN 102, MN 106, MN 111, MN 140, and AN 9:36.āall planes of consciousness.
Tiį¹į¹hantamenaį¹ jÄnÄti, knows for one stationed in themAnd he knows this one who remains,
Vimuttaį¹ tapparÄyaį¹aį¹. release & the steps leading there.committed to that as their final goal. Read ādhimuttaį¹; see discussion in Bodhiās translation, note 2150. The sense is the same as eg. AN 4.125. This refers to someone, such as Äįø·Ära KÄlÄma, whose spiritual goal is rebirth in the dimension of nothingness.
ÄkiƱcaƱƱasambhavaį¹ ƱatvÄ, Knowing directly the origin of nothingnessUnderstanding that desire for rebirth
NandÄ« saį¹yojanaį¹ iti; to be the fetter of delight,in the dimension of nothingness is a fetter,
Evametaį¹ abhiƱƱÄya, one then sees thereand directly knowing what this really means,
Tato tattha vipassati; clearly.one then discerns that matter clearly.
Etaį¹ ƱÄį¹aį¹ tathaį¹ tassa, Thatās his genuine knowledgeāThat is their knowledge of truth,
BrÄhmaį¹assa vusÄ«matoāti. the brahman who has lived to fulfillment.āthe brahmin who has lived the life.ā
PosÄlamÄį¹avapucchÄ cuddasamÄ. PosÄlaās Questions, the fourteenth.