{"id":"sn52.11","title":"A Thousand Eons","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn52.11","title":"A Thousand Eons","units":[{"id":"sn52.11:0","sourceIds":["sn52.11:0.1","sn52.11:0.2","sn52.11:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 52.11\n2. Dutiyavagga\nKappasahassasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 52.11\n2. A Thousand\nA Thousand Eons"}},{"id":"sn52.11:1","sourceIds":["sn52.11:1.1","sn52.11:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā anuruddho sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nAtha kho sambahulā bhikkhū yenāyasmā anuruddho tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā anuruddhena saddhiṁ …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū āyasmantaṁ anuruddhaṁ etadavocuṁ:","en":"At one time Venerable Anuruddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nThen several mendicants went up to Venerable Anuruddha, exchanged greetings with him … and said:"}},{"id":"sn52.11:2","sourceIds":["sn52.11:2.1","sn52.11:2.2","sn52.11:2.3","sn52.11:2.4","sn52.11:2.5","sn52.11:2.6","sn52.11:2.7","sn52.11:2.8","sn52.11:2.9","sn52.11:2.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Katamesaṁ āyasmā anuruddho dhammānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā mahābhiññataṁ patto”ti?\n“Catunnaṁ khvāhaṁ, āvuso, satipaṭṭhānānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā mahābhiññataṁ patto.\nKatamesaṁ catunnaṁ?\nIdhāhaṁ, āvuso, kāye kāyānupassī viharāmi …pe…\nvedanāsu …pe…\ncitte …pe…\ndhammesu dhammānupassī viharāmi ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ—\nimesaṁ khvāhaṁ, āvuso, catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā mahābhiññataṁ patto.\nImesañca panāhaṁ, āvuso, catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā kappasahassaṁ anussarāmī”ti.\nPaṭhamaṁ.","en":"“What things has Venerable Anuruddha developed and cultivated to attain great direct knowledge?”\n“Reverends, I attained great direct knowledge by developing and cultivating the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.\nWhat four?\nI meditate observing an aspect of the body …\nfeelings …\nmind …\nprinciples—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.\nI attained great direct knowledge by developing and cultivating these four kinds of mindfulness meditation.\nAnd it’s because of developing and cultivating these four kinds of mindfulness meditation that I recollect a thousand eons.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn52.11/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}