From: Bhikkhu Bodhi
Message: 4682
Date: 2016-08-22
Dear Ven. Yuttadhammo,
Perhaps the sequence which places uddhacca after māna is intended to reflect their respective positions among the ten higher fetters. Alternatively, perhaps there is no underlying scheme behind the sequence but the order is merely random. I looked on the Sutta Central website. It does not show any parallels to this sutta from other textual traditions (e.g., the Chinese Agamas).
With metta,
Bhikkhu Bodhi
Dear friends,
I'm confused by a passage in the Anguttara:
“yaṃ kho te, āvuso anuruddha, evaṃ hoti — ‘ahaṃ dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena sahassaṃ lokaṃ volokemī’ti, idaṃ te mānasmiṃ. yampi te, āvuso anuruddha, evaṃ hoti — ‘āraddhaṃ kho pana me vīriyaṃ asallīnaṃ, upaṭṭhitā sati asammuṭṭhā, passaddho kāyo asāraddho, samāhitaṃ cittaṃ ekaggan’ti, idaṃ te uddhaccasmiṃ. yampi te, āvuso anuruddha, evaṃ hoti — ‘atha ca pana me nānupādāya āsavehi cittaṃ vimuccatī’ti, idaṃ te kukkuccasmiṃ.
It's a doctrinal issue: shouldn't the first be uddhacca and the second be maana? It's hard to understand how a mind that is ekagga could be causing uddhacca...
My question is whether there might be editions of this sutta, or in the agamas where the order is the other, more easily understandable, one? Or if anyone can assuage my suspicion?
It's AN 3.131 in the Myanmar pali, and 130 in Bhante Bodhi's translation.
Thanks,
Yuttadhammo
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