โส วุจฺจติ โยคฺคาจริยานํ อนุตฺตโร ปุริสทมฺมสารถีติ✎ ร่าง
‘So vuccati yoggācariyānaṁ anuttaro purisadammasārathī’ti—
‘Of all meditation tutors, it is he that is called the supreme guide for those fit for training.’
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อิติ โข ปเนตํ วุตฺตํ ฯ กิญฺเจตํ ปฏิจฺจ วุตฺตํ ฯ✎ ร่าง
iti kho panetaṁ vuttaṁ. Kiñcetaṁ paṭicca vuttaṁ?
That’s what I said, but why did I say it?
หตฺถิทมเกน
ภิกฺขเว หตฺถิทมฺโม สาริโต เอกํเยว ทิสํ ธาวติ✎ ร่าง
Hatthidamakena, bhikkhave, hatthidammo sārito ekaṁyeva disaṁ dhāvati—
Driven by an elephant trainer, an elephant in training proceeds in just one direction:
ปุรตฺถิมํ วา
ปจฺฉิมํ วา อุตฺตรํ วา ทกฺขิณํ วา ฯ✎ ร่าง
puratthimaṁ vā pacchimaṁ vā uttaraṁ vā dakkhiṇaṁ vā.
east, west, north, or south.
อสฺสทมเกน ภิกฺขเว
อสฺสทมฺโม สาริโต เอกํเยว ทิสํ ธาวติ✎ ร่าง
Assadamakena, bhikkhave, assadammo sārito ekaññeva disaṁ dhāvati—
Driven by a horse trainer, a horse in training proceeds in just one direction:
ปุรตฺถิมํ วา ปจฺฉิมํ
วา อุตฺตรํ วา ทกฺขิณํ วา ฯ✎ ร่าง
puratthimaṁ vā pacchimaṁ vā uttaraṁ vā dakkhiṇaṁ vā.
east, west, north, or south.
โคทมเกน ภิกฺขเว โคทมฺโม
สาริโต เอกํเยว ทิสํ ธาวติ✎ ร่าง
Godamakena, bhikkhave, godammo sārito ekaññeva disaṁ dhāvati—
Driven by an ox trainer, an ox in training proceeds in just one direction:
ปุรตฺถิมํ วา ปจฺฉิมํ วา อุตฺตรํ
วา ทกฺขิณํ วา ฯ✎ ร่าง
puratthimaṁ vā pacchimaṁ vā uttaraṁ vā dakkhiṇaṁ vā.
east, west, north, or south.
ตถาคเตน✎ ร่าง
Tathāgatena hi, bhikkhave, arahatā sammāsambuddhena purisadammo sārito aṭṭha disā vidhāvati.
But driven by the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha, a person in training proceeds in eight directions:
—
Rūpī rūpāni passati—
Having physical form, they see forms.
—
ayaṁ ekā disā;
This is the first direction.
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ajjhattaṁ arūpasaññī bahiddhā rūpāni passati—
Not perceiving physical form internally, they see forms externally.
—
ayaṁ dutiyā disā;
This is the second direction.
—
subhantveva adhimutto hoti—
They’re focused only on beauty.
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ayaṁ tatiyā disā;
This is the third direction.
—
sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā ‘ananto ākāso’ti ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati—
Going totally beyond perceptions of form, with the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, they enter and remain in the dimension of infinite space.
—
sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘anantaṁ viññāṇan’ti viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati—
Going totally beyond the dimension of infinite space, aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, they enter and remain in the dimension of infinite consciousness.
—
ayaṁ pañcamī disā;
This is the fifth direction.
—
sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘natthi kiñcī’ti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati—
Going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, they enter and remain in the dimension of nothingness.
—
ayaṁ chaṭṭhī disā;
This is the sixth direction.
—
sabbaso ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati—
Going totally beyond the dimension of nothingness, they enter and remain in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception.
—
ayaṁ sattamī disā;
This is the seventh direction.
—
sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ upasampajja viharati—
Going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, they enter and remain in the cessation of perception and feeling.
—
ayaṁ aṭṭhamī disā.
This is the eighth direction.
—
Tathāgatena, bhikkhave, arahatā sammāsambuddhena purisadammo sārito imā aṭṭha disā vidhāvati.
Driven by the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha, a person in training proceeds in these eight directions.