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Posala-manava-puccha: Posala's Questions

Posala-manava-puccha

Summary: url=index.html#snp.5.14.than How does one develop insight after mastering the higher levels of jhana.

Sn 5.14 PTS: Sn 1112-1115

translated from the Pali by

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

1994-2018

- Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammā-sambuddhassa -

[Posala:]

To one who reveals the past

— unperturbed,
	his doubts cut through —
who has gone to the beyond
of all phenomena,

I've come with a question. I ask the Sakyan about the knowledge(1) of one devoid of perception of forms, who has abandoned all the body,

		every body,

who sees, within & without,

'There is nothing':

How is he

to be led further on?

[The Buddha:]

The Tathagata, knowing directly

all stations of consciousness,<span notetag #fnt-2>([[#fn-2|2]])</span>

knows for one stationed in them

release
& the steps leading there.

Knowing directly the origin of nothingness to be the fetter of delight, one then sees there clearly. That's his genuine knowledge —

the brahman who has lived
to fulfillment.

Notes

1.: Posala's question concerning the knowledge of the person in the dimension of nothingness has a double meaning: He is asking about the Buddha's knowledge about that person, and also what a person in that dimension of attainment should do to develop his/her knowledge even further. The Buddha's answer deals with the question in both its senses.

2.: On the seven stations of consciousness, see DN 15. The dimension of nothingness, discussed in this dialogue, is the seventh and most refined.

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