➥ opanayiko: (main article see: opanayika)

Illustration: opanayiko, personally applicable

On what grounds is the teaching fathomable in this lifetime, realisable in the here and now, intriguing, personally applicable, to be realised by the wise for themselves?

kittāvatā nu kho bhante sandiṭṭhiko dhammo hoti akāliko ehipassiko opanayiko paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhī ti?

In this regard, in seeing a visible object via the visual sense a bhikkhu experiences the visible object and the attachment to the visible object. When there is attachment to visible objects in him, he discerns: ‘There is attachment to visible objects in me.’

Idhūpavāṇa bhikkhu cakkhunā rūpaṁ disvā rūpapaṭisaṁvedī ca hoti rūparāgapaṭisaṁvedī ca. Santañca ajjhattaṁ rūpesu rāgaṁ atthi me ajjhattaṁ rūpesu rāgo ti pajānāti yantaṁ upavāṇa bhikkhu cakkhunā rūpaṁ disvā rūpapaṭisaṁvedī ca hoti rūparāgapaṭisaṁvedī ca santañca ajjhattaṁ rūpesu rāgaṁ atthi me ajjhattaṁ rūpesu rāgo ti pajānāti.

On these grounds is the teaching fathomable in this lifetime, realisable in the here and now, intriguing, personally applicable, to be realised by the wise for themselves.

Evampi kho upavāṇa sandiṭṭhiko dhammo hoti akāliko ehipassiko opanayiko paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhi. (SN iv 41)

On what grounds is the teaching fathomable in this lifetime, realisable in the here and now, intriguing, personally applicable, to be realised by the wise for themselves?

sandiṭṭhiko dhammo sandiṭṭhiko dhammo ti bho gotama vuccati kittāvatā nu kho bho gotama sandiṭṭhiko dhammo hoti akāliko ehipassiko opanayiko paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhī ti.

One who is attached, overpowered, and overcome by attachment, is intent upon his own harm, upon the harm of others, upon the harm of both, and so experiences psychological pain and dejection.

Ratto kho brāhmaṇa rāgena abhibhūto pariyādinnacitto attavyābādhāyapi ceteti paravyābādhāyapi ceteti ubhayavyābādhāyapi ceteti. Cetasikampi dukkhaṁ domanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti.

But if attachment be abandoned he is not intent upon his own harm, upon the harm of others, upon the harm of both, and thus does not experience psychological pain and dejection.

Rāge pahīṇe nevattavyābādhāyapi ceteti. Na paravyābādhāyapi ceteti na ubhayavyābādhāyapi ceteti. Na cetasikaṁ dukkhaṁ domanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti.

One who is attached, overpowered, and overcome by attachment, misconducts himself by way of body, speech, and mind. But if attachment be abandoned he does not do so.

Ratto kho brāhmaṇa rāgena abhibhūto pariyādinnacitto kāyena duccaritaṁ carati vācāya duccaritaṁ carati manasā duccaritaṁ carati rāge pahīṇe neva kāyena duccaritaṁ carati na vācāya duccaritaṁ carati na manasā duccaritaṁ carati.

One who is attached, overpowered, and overcome by attachment, does not discern according to reality his own well-being, nor that of others, nor that of both himself and others. But if attachment be abandoned he discerns this.

Ratto kho brāhmaṇa rāgena abhibhūto pariyādinnacitto attatthampi yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti paratthampi yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti ubhayatthampi yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti. Rāge pahīṇe attatthampi yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti paratthampi yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti ubhayatthampi yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.

On these grounds is the teaching fathomable in this lifetime, realisable in the here and now, intriguing, personally applicable, to be realised by the wise for themselves.

Evampi kho brāhmaṇa sandiṭṭhiko dhammo hoti akāliko ehipassiko opanayiko paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhī'ti. (AN i 157-8)