1Then the Venerable Samiddhi approached the Venerable Sāriputta, paid homage to him, and sat down to one side. The Venerable Sāriputta then said to him: [n.1864] According to Mp, Samiddhi was Sāriputta's pupil. See AN8.83, where the Buddha asks and answers a similar series of questions.

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2(1) "On what basis, Samiddhi, do intentions and thoughts [n.1865] Mp: "Intentions and thoughts are thoughts that are intentions" (saṅkappavitakkā ti saṅkappabhūtā vitakkā). This is said because the two words, saṅkappa and vitakka, are used almost interchangeably in the texts. arise in a person?"

"On the basis of name-and-form, Bhante." [n.1866] Nāmarūpārammaṇā. Mp glosses: "With name and form as condition (nāmarūpapaccayā). By this he shows that the four formless aggregates and the form dependent on the primary elements are the condition for thoughts."

3(2) "Where do they become diversified?"

"In relation to the elements."

4(3) "From what do they originate?"

"They originate from contact."

5(4) "Upon what do they converge?"

"They converge upon feeling." [n.1867] The sections of the sutta up to this point encompass all experience. §§5–7 refer to factors of the path; §8, to the fruit; and §9, to the ultimate goal.

6(5) "By what are they headed?"

"They are headed by concentration."

7(6) "What exercises authority over them?"

"Mindfulness exercises authority over them."

8(7) "What is their supervisor?"

"Wisdom is their supervisor."

9(8) "What is their core?"

"Liberation is their core." [n.1868] Mp: "When they have attained the fruit of liberation, they have attained the core" (phalavimuttiṁ patvā sārappattā honti).

10(9) "In what do they culminate?"

"They culminate in the deathless." [n.1869] Amatogadhā. Mp explains this with reference to the idea that the path and fruit take nibbāna as object: "Having gotten a foothold in the deathless nibbāna by (making it) an object, they are established there" (ārammaṇavasena amataṁ nibbānaṁ ogāhitvā tattha patiṭṭhitā).

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11"When you were asked: ‘On what basis, Samiddhi, do intentions and thoughts arise in a person?’ you said: ‘On the basis of name-and-form, Bhante.’ … … When you were asked: ‘In what do they culminate?’ you said: ‘They culminate in the deathless.’ Good, good, Samiddhi! When you were asked such questions, you answered well, but don’t become conceited because of that."

1Atha kho āyasmā samiddhi yenāyasmā sāriputto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho āyasmantaṁ samiddhiṁ āyasmā sāriputto etadavoca:

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2"Kimārammaṇā, samiddhi, purisassa saṅkappavitakkā uppajjantī"ti?

"Nāmarūpārammaṇā, bhante"ti.

3"Te pana, samiddhi, kva nānattaṁ gacchantī"ti?

"Dhātūsu, bhante"ti.

4"Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁsamudayā"ti?

"Phassasamudayā, bhante"ti.

5"Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁsamosaraṇā"ti?

"Vedanāsamosaraṇā, bhante"ti.

6"Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁpamukhā"ti?

"Samādhippamukhā, bhante"ti.

7"Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁadhipateyyā"ti?

"Satādhipateyyā, bhante"ti.

8"Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁuttarā"ti?

"Paññuttarā, bhante"ti.

9"Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁsārā"ti?

"Vimuttisārā, bhante"ti.

10"Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁogadhā"ti?

"Amatogadhā, bhante"ti.

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11"‘Kimārammaṇā, samiddhi, purisassa saṅkappavitakkā uppajjantī’ti, iti puṭṭho samāno ‘nāmarūpārammaṇā, bhante’ti vadesi. ‘Te pana, samiddhi, kva nānattaṁ gacchantī’ti, iti puṭṭho samāno ‘dhātūsu, bhante’ti vadesi. ‘Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁsamudayā’ti, iti puṭṭho samāno ‘phassasamudayā, bhante’ti vadesi. ‘Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁsamosaraṇā’ti, iti puṭṭho samāno ‘vedanāsamosaraṇā, bhante’ti vadesi. ‘Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁpamukhā’ti, iti puṭṭho samāno ‘samādhippamukhā, bhante’ti vadesi. ‘Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁadhipateyyā’ti, iti puṭṭho samāno ‘satādhipateyyā, bhante’ti vadesi. ‘Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁuttarā’ti, iti puṭṭho samāno ‘paññuttarā, bhante’ti vadesi. ‘Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁsārā’ti, iti puṭṭho samāno ‘vimuttisārā, bhante’ti vadesi. ‘Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁogadhā’ti, iti puṭṭho samāno ‘amatogadhā, bhante’ti vadesi. Sādhu sādhu, samiddhi. Sādhu kho tvaṁ, samiddhi, puṭṭho puṭṭho vissajjesi, tena ca mā maññī"ti.

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Catutthaṁ.