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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 52.3 Linked Discourses 52.3
1. Rahogatavagga 1. In Private
Sutanusutta On the Bank of the Sutanu
Ekaį¹ samayaį¹ ÄyasmÄ anuruddho sÄvatthiyaį¹ viharati sutanutÄ«re. At one time Venerable Anuruddha was staying near SÄvatthÄ« on the bank of the Sutanu. The Sutanu (āslenderā) river is mentioned only here. Anuruddha is often depicted in these out-of-the-way settings.
Atha kho sambahulÄ bhikkhÅ« yenÄyasmÄ anuruddho tenupasaį¹
kamiį¹su; upasaį¹
kamitvÄ ÄyasmatÄ anuruddhena saddhiį¹ sammodiį¹su. Then several mendicants went up to Venerable Anuruddha, and exchanged greetings with him.
SammodanÄ«yaį¹ kathaį¹ sÄraį¹Ä«yaį¹ vÄ«tisÄretvÄ ekamantaį¹ nisÄ«diį¹su. Ekamantaį¹ nisinnÄ kho te bhikkhÅ« Äyasmantaį¹ anuruddhaį¹ etadavocuį¹: When the greetings and polite conversation were over, they sat down to one side, and said to him:
ākatamesaį¹ ÄyasmÄ anuruddho dhammÄnaį¹ bhÄvitattÄ bahulÄ«katattÄ mahÄbhiƱƱataį¹ pattoāti? āWhat things has Venerable Anuruddha developed and cultivated to attain great direct knowledge?ā
āCatunnaį¹ khvÄhaį¹, Ävuso, satipaį¹į¹hÄnÄnaį¹ bhÄvitattÄ bahulÄ«katattÄ mahÄbhiƱƱataį¹ patto. āReverends, I attained great direct knowledge by developing and cultivating the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
Katamesaį¹ catunnaį¹? What four?
IdhÄhaį¹, Ävuso, kÄye kÄyÄnupassÄ« viharÄmi ÄtÄpÄ« sampajÄno satimÄ, vineyya loke abhijjhÄdomanassaį¹; I meditate observing an aspect of the bodyākeen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.
vedanÄsu ā¦peā¦ I meditate observing an aspect of feelings ā¦
citte ā¦peā¦ mind ā¦
dhammesu dhammÄnupassÄ« viharÄmi ÄtÄpÄ« sampajÄno satimÄ, vineyya loke abhijjhÄdomanassaį¹āprinciplesākeen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.
imesaį¹ khvÄhaį¹, Ävuso, catunnaį¹ satipaį¹į¹hÄnÄnaį¹ bhÄvitattÄ bahulÄ«katattÄ mahÄbhiƱƱataį¹ patto. I attained great direct knowledge by developing and cultivating these four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
ImesaƱca panÄhaį¹, Ävuso, catunnaį¹ satipaį¹į¹hÄnÄnaį¹ bhÄvitattÄ bahulÄ«katattÄ hÄ«naį¹ dhammaį¹ hÄ«nato abbhaƱƱÄsiį¹, majjhimaį¹ dhammaį¹ majjhimato abbhaƱƱÄsiį¹, paį¹Ä«taį¹ dhammaį¹ paį¹Ä«tato abbhaƱƱÄsināti. And it was by developing and cultivating these four kinds of mindfulness meditation that I directly knew the lower principle as lower, the middle principle as middle, and the higher principle as higher.ā The exact sense of ālowerā, āmiddleā, and āhigherā dhammas here is unclear. Given the context of Anuruddhaās psychic powers, I follow Bodhiās suggestion that we interpret in line with AN 3.76, understanding dhamma as the āprincipleā governing the relationship between mental quality and states of rebirth (SN 12.20:2.3). The commentary, alternatively, cites the Abhidhamma Dhammasaį¹
gaį¹Ä« (Ds 1.1:40.1), which has the three as one of its triads in the sense of good, mundane wholesome, and transcendent mental phenomena. This analysis, however, does not really reflect Sutta usage, which typically speaks of simply lower and higher dhammas (SN 46.2:10.2). Moreover, we would expect a plural in that case.
Tatiyaį¹.