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Textual Analysis (1st)

Paṭhamapaṭisambhidāsutta

With seven qualities, a mendicant will soon realize the four kinds of textual analysis.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.38Numbered Discourses 7.38
  • 0.24. Devatāvagga4. Deities

0.3PaṭhamapaṭisambhidāsuttaTextual Analysis (1st)

1.1PTS 4.33“Sattahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu nacirasseva catasso paṭisambhidā sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihareyya.“Mendicants, a mendicant with seven qualities will soon realize the four kinds of textual analysis and live having achieved them with their own insight.1.2Katamehi sattahi?What seven?

1.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ‘idaṁ me cetaso līnattan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti;It’s when a mendicant truly understands: ‘This is mental sluggishness’.

1.4ajjhattaṁ saṅkhittaṁ vā cittaṁ ‘ajjhattaṁ me saṅkhittaṁ cittan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti;They truly understand internally constricted mind as ‘internally constricted mind’.

1.5bahiddhā vikkhittaṁ vā cittaṁ ‘bahiddhā me vikkhittaṁ cittan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti;They truly understand externally scattered mind as ‘externally scattered mind’.

1.6tassa viditā vedanā uppajjanti, viditā upaṭṭhahanti, viditā abbhatthaṁ gacchanti;They know feelings as they arise, as they remain, and as they go away.

1.7viditā saññā uppajjanti, viditā upaṭṭhahanti, viditā abbhatthaṁ gacchanti;They know perceptions as they arise, as they remain, and as they go away.

1.8viditā vitakkā uppajjanti, viditā upaṭṭhahanti, viditā abbhatthaṁ gacchanti;They know thoughts as they arise, as they remain, and as they go away.

1.9sappāyāsappāyesu kho panassa dhammesu hīnappaṇītesu kaṇhasukkasappaṭibhāgesu nimittaṁ suggahitaṁ hoti sumanasikataṁ sūpadhāritaṁ suppaṭividdhaṁ paññāya.The patterns of qualities—suitable or unsuitable, inferior or superior, or those with a portion of dark or bright—are properly grasped, focused on, borne in mind, and penetrated with wisdom.

1.10Imehi kho, bhikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu nacirasseva catasso paṭisambhidā sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihareyyā”ti.A mendicant with these seven qualities will soon realize the four kinds of textual analysis and live having achieved them with their own insight.”

1.11Sattamaṁ.