SN24:37 A Self Consisting of Form
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. (More copyright information)
1At Sāvatthī. "Bhikkhus, when what is present … sn.iii.219 … does such a view as this arise: ‘The self consists of form and is unimpaired after death’?" …
[n.266] The next eight views are varieties of eternalism with regard to the after-death condition of the self. They are also mentioned at DN I 31,6–15. For a translation of the commentary, see Bodhi, All-Embacing Net of Views, pp. 176–82.
Spk: The view of a self consisting of form arises from taking the object alone (Spk-pṭ: the kasiṇa) as self; a formless self, from taking the jhāna as self; the syncretic view, from taking both object and jhāna as self; the double negation, from mere reasoning (takkamattena). The view of the self as exclusively happy arises in the meditator, the rationalist, and those who remember past births. The same for those who view the self as exclusively miserable, etc.
1Sāvatthinidānaṁ. "Kismiṁ nu kho, bhikkhave, sati, kiṁ upādāya, kiṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati: ‘rūpī attā hoti arogo paraṁ maraṇā’"ti? "Bhagavaṁmūlakā no, bhante, dhammā … pe …
2"Rūpe kho, bhikkhave, sati, rūpaṁ upādāya, rūpaṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati: ‘rūpī attā hoti arogo paraṁ maraṇā’ti. Vedanāya sati … pe … saññāya sati … saṅkhāresu sati … viññāṇe sati, viññāṇaṁ upādāya, viññāṇaṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati: ‘rūpī attā hoti arogo paraṁ maraṇā’ti.
3Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave, rūpaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā"ti? "Aniccaṁ, bhante" … pe … vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, api nu taṁ anupādāya evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya: ‘rūpī attā hoti arogo paraṁ maraṇā’"ti? "No hetaṁ, bhante". "Iti kho, bhikkhave, dukkhe sati, dukkhaṁ upādāya, dukkhaṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati: ‘rūpī attā hoti arogo paraṁ maraṇā’"ti? "Vedanā … pe … "no hetaṁ, bhante". "Iti kho, bhikkhave, dukkhe sati, dukkhaṁ upādāya, dukkhaṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati: ‘rūpī attā hoti arogo paraṁ maraṇā’"ti.
Ekūnavīsatimaṁ.
