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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 1.61 Linked Discourses 1.61
7. Addhavagga 7. Overcome
NÄmasutta Name Name
āKiį¹su sabbaį¹ addhabhavi, āWhat overcomes everything? āWhat has weighed down everything?
kismÄ bhiyyo na vijjati; What is it that nothing excels? What is most extensive?
Kissassu ekadhammassa, What is the one thing What is the one thing that has
sabbeva vasamanvagÅ«āti. that has everything under its sway?ā All under its control?ā
āNÄmaį¹ sabbaį¹ addhabhavi, āName overcomes everything. Compare Kauį¹£Ä«taki BrÄhmaį¹a 20.2.32, Åatapatha BrÄhmaį¹a 4.6.5.3.āName has weighed down everything;
nÄmÄ bhiyyo na vijjati; Nothing excels name. This contradicts ChÄndogya Upaniį¹£ad 7.1.5, which states, āSurely there is that which excels nameā (nÄmno vÄva bhÅ«yo āstÄ«ti), which it says is the āspeechā that makes the scripture known.Nothing is more extensive than name.
NÄmassa ekadhammassa, Name is the one thing Name is the one thing that has
sabbeva vasamanvagÅ«āti. that has everything under its sway.ā The Buddha is refuting the doctrine that ānameā (and form) come to an end in the ocean of infinite consciousness (see too DN 15:22.6).All under its control. ā