+1 – STED (smd-asnd) āloka-saññaṃ, ñāṇa-dassana
STED (smd-asnd) luminosity-perception, (for) knowledge-(and)-vision
| āloka-saññaṃ manasi karoti, | Luminosity-perception: (his) mind attends. | |
| Divā-saññaṃ adhiṭṭhāti— | daytime-perception (he is) resolved on. | |
| yathā divā tathā rattiṃ, | as-by Day so-by night, | |
| yathā rattiṃ tathā divā. | As-by-night so-by day, | |
| Iti vivaṭena cetasā a-pariyonaddhena | (By means of an) *** open awareness, un-enveloped, | |
| Sap-pabhāsaṃ cittaṃ bhāveti. | ***-brightened mind, (he) develops. |
2 – AN 4.41, AN 6.29 give basic definition. AN 5.28 is a simile for it
3 – also MN 127, 128, AN 8.63 relates to AN 8.64
+4 – AN 8.64 8 ways purified luminosity
| (1) pe ... “pubbāhaṃ, bhikkhave, sambodhā anabhisambuddho bodhisattova samāno | (1) The Blessed One said, “Monks, before my self-awakening, when I was still just an unawakened bodhisatta, | |
| obhāsaññeva kho sañjānāmi, | I perceived light | |
| no ca rūpāni passāmi”. | but did not see forms. | |
| ♦ “tassa mayhaṃ, bhikkhave, etadahosi — | The thought occurred to me, | |
| ‘sace kho ahaṃ obhāsañceva sañjāneyyaṃ rūpāni ca passeyyaṃ; | ‘If I perceived light and saw forms, | |
| evaṃ me idaṃ ñāṇadassanaṃ parisuddhataraṃ assā’”ti. | then this knowledge-&-vision of mine would be purer.’ | |
| … | … | |
| (8) ♦ “so kho ahaṃ, bhikkhave, aparena samayena | (8) “So, at a later time— | |
| appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto | staying heedful, ardent, & resolute— | |
| 2. obhāsañceva sañjānāmi, rūpāni ca passāmi, | 2. I perceived light and saw forms; | |
| 3. tāhi ca devatāhi saddhiṃ santiṭṭhāmi sallapāmi sākacchaṃ samāpajjāmi, | 3. and associated with those devas, conversed with them, and engaged them in discussion; | |
| tā ca devatā jānāmi — | and I also knew of those devas that | |
| 4. ‘imā devatā amukamhā vā amukamhā vā devanikāyā’ti, | 4. ‘These devas are from this or that deva host’; | |
| tā ca devatā jānāmi — | and I also knew of those devas that | |
| 5. ‘imā devatā imassa kammassa vipākena ito cutā tattha upapannā’ti, | 5. ‘As a result of this kamma, these devas fell away from here and reappeared there’; | |
| tā ca devatā jānāmi — | and I also knew of those devas that | |
| 6. ‘imā devatā evamāhārā evaṃsukhadukkhappaṭisaṃvediniyo’ti, | 6. ‘As a result of this kamma, these devas are nourished on such food and experience such pleasure & pain’; | |
| tā ca devatā jānāmi — | and I also knew of those devas that | |
| 7. ‘imā devatā evaṃdīghāyukā evaṃciraṭṭhitikā’ti, | 7. ‘As a result of this kamma, these devas have such a lifespan and are of such long standing’; | |
| tā ca devatā jānāmi | and I also knew of those devas | |
| 8. yadi vā me devatāhi saddhiṃ sannivutthapubbaṃ yadi vā na sannivutthapubbanti. | 8. whether I had previously lived together with them or not. | |
| ♦ “yāvakīvañca me, bhikkhave, | “And, monks, as long as this— | |
| evaṃ aṭṭhaparivaṭṭaṃ adhidevañāṇadassanaṃ na suvisuddhaṃ ahosi, | my eight-round heightened deva-knowledge-&-vision—was not pure, | |
| neva tāvāhaṃ, bhikkhave, | I did not claim | |
| ‘sadevake loke samārake sabrahmake sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya anuttaraṃ sammāsambodhiṃ abhisambuddho’ti VAR paccaññāsiṃ. | to have directly awakened to the right self-awakening unexcelled in the cosmos with its devas, Māras, & Brahmās, with its people with their contemplatives & brahmans, their royalty & commonfolk. | |
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+5 – AN 4.41
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+5.1 – AN 4.41
+6 – AN 5.28 ASND in the 4th jhana simile
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+6.1 – AN 5.28
| (4. STED 4th jhāna, Cloth simile) | ||
| Again, and-furthermore, *********, ******** | Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu | |
| (… STED 4th Jhāna formula he enters in … ) | sukhassa ca pahānā … pe … catutthaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati. | |
| (entire anatomical body refrain) | ||
| He | So | |
| in this body | imameva kāyaṃ | |
| (his) clean/purified mind, completely-white/[& bright], | parisuddhena cetasā pari-y-odātena | |
| pervades (as he) sits ****; | pharitvā nisinno hoti; | |
| (there is) no part (of his) entire body | nāssa kiñci sabbāvato kāyassa | |
| (that the) purified mind, completely-bright, | parisuddhena cetasā pari-y-odātena | |
| {is} not-pervading ****. | apphuṭaṃ hoti. | |
| (4. Cloth simile) | ||
| Just-as, *********, | Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, | |
| (a) man (in) white cloth (from his)-head-(on down) | puriso odātena vatthena sa-sīsaṃ | |
| wrapped-up-inside (while) sitting ****; | pārupitvā nisinno assa; | |
| (so that) no part (of his) entire body | nāssa kiñci sabbāvato kāyassa | |
| (that the) white cloth (is) not-pervading ****. | odātena vatthena ap-phuṭaṃ assa. | |
+7 – AN 5.28 reviewing sign is the vision of rupa referenced by MN 127, MN 128
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+7.1 – AN 5.28
| (5. Reviewing-sign) | ||
| Again, and-furthermore, *********, ******** | Puna ca-paraṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno | |
| (the) reviewing-sign {has been} well-grasped ****, | paccavekkhaṇā-nimittaṃ sug-gahitaṃ hoti | |
| well-attended, well-sustained, well-penetrated (by) wisdom. | su-manasikataṃ sū-(u)padhāritaṃ sup-paṭividdhaṃ paññāya. | |
| simile grasped object well | ||
| just-as, ********, | Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, | |
| one [person] {may-review} another {**************}, | aññova aññaṃ paccavekkheyya, | |
| {or} (as) one-standing ** {may-review} one-sitting-down {**************}, | ṭhito vā nisinnaṃ paccavekkheyya, | |
| {or} (as) one-sitting-down ** {may-review} one-lying-down {**************}, | nisinno vā nipannaṃ paccavekkheyya. | |
| Even-so, monks, ********* | Evamevaṃ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno | |
| (the) reviewing-sign {has been} well-grasped ****, | paccavekkhaṇā-nimittaṃ sug-gahitaṃ hoti | |
| well-attended, well-sustained, well-penetrated (by) wisdom. | su-manasikataṃ sū-(u)padhāritaṃ sup-paṭividdhaṃ paññāya. | |
| (of the) Noble, ********, five-factored right-concentration, | Ariyassa, bhikkhave, pañc-aṅgikassa sammā-samādhissa | |
| this (is the) fifth development. | ayaṃ pañcamā bhāvanā. (5) | |
+8 – AN 6.29 expands on AN 4.41 and AN 5.28, separating out 4th jhana from first 3
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+8.1 – AN 6.29
| (2. STED smd-asnd: āloka-saññaṃ leads to ñāṇa-dassanap-paṭi-lābhāya ) | ||
| “Again, and-furthermore, Lord, a-monk, | “Puna ca-paraṃ, bhante, bhikkhu | |
| Luminosity-perception: (his) mind attends. | āloka-saññaṃ manasi karoti, | |
| daytime-perception (he is) resolved on. | Divā-saññaṃ adhiṭṭhāti— | |
| as-by Day so-by night, | yathā divā tathā rattiṃ, | |
| As-by-night so-by day, | yathā rattiṃ tathā divā. | |
| (By means of an) *** open awareness, un-enveloped, | Iti vivaṭena cetasā a-pariyonaddhena | |
| ***-luminous mind, (he) develops. | Sap-pabhāsaṃ cittaṃ bhāveti. | |
| This, Lord, (is a) practice-to-be-recollected. | Idaṃ, bhante, anus-satiṭ-ṭhānaṃ | |
| Thus developed, thus pursued, | evaṃ bhāvitaṃ evaṃ bahulīkataṃ | |
| Knowledge-(and)-vision-****-acquisition (this) leads to. | ñāṇa-dassanap-paṭi-lābhāya saṃvattati. | |
+9 – AN 8.63 no ASND mentioned, but 3way samadhi to match MN 127 and MN 128
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+9.1 – AN 8.63
+10 – AN 8.64 similar to MN 127, ASND is for divine eye, NOT for vism ‘jhana’
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+10.1 – AN 8.64
| “Mendicants, before my awakening—when I was still not awake but intent on awakening—I perceived light but did not see visions. | “pubbāhaṃ, bhikkhave, sambodhā anabhisambuddho bodhisattova samāno obhāsaññeva kho sañjānāmi, no ca rūpāni passāmi. (1) | |
| Then it occurred to me: | Tassa mayhaṃ, bhikkhave, etadahosi: | |
| ‘What if I were to both perceive light and see visions? | ‘sace kho ahaṃ obhāsañceva sañjāneyyaṃ rūpāni ca passeyyaṃ; | |
| Then my knowledge and vision would become even more purified.’ | evaṃ me idaṃ ñāṇadassanaṃ parisuddhataraṃ assā’ti. | |
| So after some time, living alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute, I perceived light and saw visions. | So kho ahaṃ, bhikkhave, aparena samayena appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto obhāsañceva sañjānāmi, rūpāni ca passāmi; | |
| But I didn’t associate with those deities, converse, or engage in discussion. | no ca kho tāhi devatāhi saddhiṃ santiṭṭhāmi sallapāmi sākacchaṃ samāpajjāmi. (2) | |
+11 – MN 127 ASND quality is proportional to quality of deva realm rebirth
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+11.1 – MN 127
| (oil lamp simile, pure oil and pure wick) | ||
| “Suppose an oil-lamp is burning with pure oil and a pure wick; because of the purity of its oil and its wick it does not burn dimly. So too, here a bhikkhu abides resolved upon and pervading [an area with] a pure radiance. His bodily inertia has fully subsided, his sloth and torpor have been fully eliminated, his restlessness and remorse have been fully removed; because of this he meditates, as it were, brightly. On the dissolution of the body, after death, he reappears in the company of the gods of Pure Radiance. [152] | seyyathāpi, āvuso kaccāna, telappadīpassa jhāyato telampi parisuddhaṃ vaṭṭipi parisuddhā. so telassapi parisuddhattā vaṭṭiyāpi parisuddhattā na andhandhaṃ viya jhāyati; evameva kho, āvuso kaccāna, idhekacco bhikkhu ‘parisuddhābhā’ti pharitvā adhimuccitvā viharati. tassa kāyaduṭṭhullampi suppaṭippassaddhaṃ hoti, thinamiddhampi susamūhataṃ hoti, uddhaccakukkuccampi suppaṭivinītaṃ hoti. so kāyaduṭṭhullassapi suppaṭippassaddhattā thinamiddhassapi susamūhatattā uddhaccakukkuccassapi suppaṭivinītattā na andhandhaṃ viya jhāyati. so kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā parisuddhābhānaṃ devānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjati. | |
| “This is the cause and reason, friend Kaccāna, why among those deities that have reappeared in the same order of gods, some are deities of Defiled Radiance, some deities of Pure Radiance.” | ayaṃ kho, āvuso kaccāna, hetu ayaṃ paccayo yena tāsaṃ devatānaṃ ekaṃ devanikāyaṃ upapannānaṃ santettha ekaccā devatā saṃkiliṭṭhābhā, santi panettha ekaccā devatā parisuddhābhā”ti. | |
+12 – MN 128 eleven hindrances diminish ASND and divine eye
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+12.1 – MN 128
| “Good, good, Anuruddha and friends! But as you live diligently like this, have you achieved any superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones, a meditation at ease?” | “Sādhu sādhu, anuruddhā. Atthi pana vo, anuruddhā, evaṃ appamattānaṃ ātāpīnaṃ pahitattānaṃ viharataṃ uttari manussadhammā alamariyañāṇadassanaviseso adhigato phāsuvihāro”ti? | |
| “Well, sir, while meditating diligent, keen, and resolute, we perceive both light and vision of forms. But before long the light and the vision of forms vanish. We haven’t worked out the reason for that.” | “Idha mayaṃ, bhante, appamattā ātāpino pahitattā viharantā obhāsañceva sañjānāma dassanañca rūpānaṃ. So kho pana no obhāso nacirasseva antaradhāyati dassanañca rūpānaṃ; tañca nimittaṃ nappaṭivijjhāmā”ti. | |
| (11 hindrances instead of usual 5) | ||
| “Well, you should work out the reason for that. Before my awakening—when I was still unawakened but intent on awakening—I too perceived both light and vision of forms. But before long my light and vision of forms vanished. It occurred to me: ‘What’s the cause, what’s the reason why my light and vision of forms vanish?’ It occurred to me: ‘Doubt arose in me, and because of that my undistractible-lucidity fell away. When undistractible-lucidity falls away, the light and vision of forms vanish. I’ll make sure that doubt will not arise in me again.’ | “Taṃ kho pana vo, anuruddhā, nimittaṃ paṭivijjhitabbaṃ. Ahampi sudaṃ, anuruddhā, pubbeva sambodhā anabhisambuddho bodhisattova samāno obhāsañceva sañjānāmi dassanañca rūpānaṃ. So kho pana me obhāso nacirasseva antaradhāyati dassanañca rūpānaṃ. Tassa mayhaṃ, anuruddhā, etadahosi: ‘ko nu kho hetu ko paccayo yena me obhāso antaradhāyati dassanañca rūpānan’ti? Tassa mayhaṃ, anuruddhā, etadahosi: ‘vicikicchā kho me udapādi, vicikicchādhikaraṇañca pana me samādhi cavi. Samādhimhi cute obhāso antaradhāyati dassanañca rūpānaṃ. Sohaṃ tathā karissāmi yathā me puna na vicikicchā uppajjissatī’ti. (1) | |
+13 – Commentary
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+13.1 – cmy from thanissaro’s translation
| Divā-saññaṃ adhiṭṭhāti— | [at any hour of the day]. | |
| yathā divā tathā rattiṃ, | [day for him is the same as night] | |
| yathā rattiṃ tathā divā. | [night is the same as day.] |