增支部第 4 集（Sujato 英译）第 41 阅读页 · AN4.41 · Ways of Developing Immersion Further

Numbered Discourses 4.41Numbered Discourses 4.415. With Rohitassa5. With Rohitassa

Ways of Developing Immersion FurtherWays of Developing Immersion Further“Mendicants, there are these four ways of developing immersion further.“Mendicants, there are these four ways of developing immersion further.What four?What four?

There is a way of developing immersion further that leads to blissful meditation in this life.There is a way of developing immersion further that leads to blissful meditation in this life.There is a way of developing immersion further that leads to gaining knowledge and vision.There is a way of developing immersion further that leads to gaining knowledge and vision.There is a way of developing immersion further that leads to mindfulness and awareness.There is a way of developing immersion further that leads to mindfulness and awareness.

There is a way of developing immersion further that leads to the ending of defilements.There is a way of developing immersion further that leads to the ending of defilements.And what is the way of developing immersion further that leads to blissful meditation in this life?And what is the way of developing immersion further that leads to blissful meditation in this life?It’s when a mendicant, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, enters and remains in the first absorption … second absorption … third absorption … fourth absorption.It’s when a mendicant, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, enters and remains in the first absorption … second absorption … third absorption … fourth absorption.

This is the way of developing immersion further that leads to blissful meditation in this life.This is the way of developing immersion further that leads to blissful meditation in this life.And what is the way of developing immersion further that leads to gaining knowledge and vision?And what is the way of developing immersion further that leads to gaining knowledge and vision?It’s when a mendicant applies their mind to the perception of light, focusing on the perception of day:It’s when a mendicant applies their mind to the perception of light, focusing on the perception of day:

as by day, so by night; as by night, so by day.as by day, so by night; as by night, so by day.And so, with an open and unenveloped heart, they develop a mind that’s full of radiance.And so, with an open and unenveloped heart, they develop a mind that’s full of radiance.This is the way of developing immersion further that leads to gaining knowledge and vision.This is the way of developing immersion further that leads to gaining knowledge and vision.

And what is the way of developing immersion further that leads to mindfulness and awareness?And what is the way of developing immersion further that leads to mindfulness and awareness?It’s when a mendicant knows feelings as they arise, as they remain, and as they go away.It’s when a mendicant knows feelings as they arise, as they remain, and as they go away.They know perceptions as they arise, as they remain, and as they go away. They know thoughts as they arise, as they remain, and as they go away.They know perceptions as they arise, as they remain, and as they go away. They know thoughts as they arise, as they remain, and as they go away.

This is the way of developing immersion further that leads to mindfulness and awareness.This is the way of developing immersion further that leads to mindfulness and awareness.And what is the way of developing immersion further that leads to the ending of defilements?And what is the way of developing immersion further that leads to the ending of defilements?It’s when a mendicant meditates observing rise and fall in the five grasping aggregates.It’s when a mendicant meditates observing rise and fall in the five grasping aggregates.

‘Such is form, such is the origin of form, such is the disappearance of form.‘Such is form, such is the origin of form, such is the disappearance of form.Such is feeling, such is the origin of feeling, such is the disappearance of feeling.Such is feeling, such is the origin of feeling, such is the disappearance of feeling.Such is perception, such is the origin of perception, such is the disappearance of perception.Such is perception, such is the origin of perception, such is the disappearance of perception.

Such are choices, such is the origin of choices, such is the disappearance of choices.Such are choices, such is the origin of choices, such is the disappearance of choices.Such is consciousness, such is the origin of consciousness, such is the disappearance of consciousness.’Such is consciousness, such is the origin of consciousness, such is the disappearance of consciousness.’This is the way of developing immersion further that leads to the ending of defilements.This is the way of developing immersion further that leads to the ending of defilements.

These are the four ways of developing immersion further.These are the four ways of developing immersion further.And it was in this connection that I said in ‘The Way to the Far Shore’, in ‘The Questions of Puṇṇaka’:And it was in this connection that I said in ‘The Way to the Far Shore’, in ‘The Questions of Puṇṇaka’:‘Having appraised the world high and low,‘Having appraised the world high and low,

there is nothing in the world that disturbs them.there is nothing in the world that disturbs them.Peaceful, unclouded, untroubled, with no need for hope,Peaceful, unclouded, untroubled, with no need for hope,they’ve crossed over rebirth and old age, I declare.’”they’ve crossed over rebirth and old age, I declare.’”