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ps.2.7 Patisambhidamagga

Treatise on the “Wheel of the True Idea”

1. “Thus I heard. At one time the Blessed One was living at Benares … [as in last Treatise]

“… and so that venerable one acquired the name Aññātar Koṇḍañña”.

2. “‘There is this noble actuality of suffering': Such was the eye that arose, the knowledge that arose, the understanding that arose, the recognition that arose, the light that arose, in me about ideas not heard before”.

3. The eye that arose: in what sense? The knowledge that arose: in what sense? The understanding that arose: in what sense? The recognition that arose: in what sense? The light that arose: in what sense?

The eye that arose in the meaning of seeing. The knowledge that arose in the meaning of what-is-known. The understanding that arose in the meaning of act-of-understanding. The recognition that arose in the meaning of penetration. The light that arose in the meaning of illumination.

4. Eye is an idea, its meaning as seeing is a meaning. Knowledge is an idea, its meaning as what-is-known is a meaning. Understanding is an idea, its meaning as act-of-understanding is a meaning. [Recognition is an idea, its meaning as penetration is a meaning.] Light is an idea, its meaning as illumination is a meaning. These five ideas [and] five meanings have suffering as their ground, have actuality as their ground, have actuality as their supporting object, actuality as their domain, are comprised by actuality, are included by actuality, are erected upon actuality, stand upon actuality, are founded upon actuality.

Wheel of the True Idea: in what sense Wheel of the True Idea?

He sets rolling the True Idea and [that itself is] the Wheel, thus it is the Wheel of the True Idea. He sets rolling the Wheel and the True Idea [as well], thus it is the Wheel of the True Idea. He sets rolling by means of the True Idea, thus … He sets rolling by means of the habit of the True Idea, thus … Standing in the True Idea, he sets rolling, thus … Established in the True Idea, he sets rolling, thus … Establishing [others] in the True Idea, he sets rolling, thus … Attained to mastery in the True Idea, he sets rolling, thus … Making [others] attain to mastery in the True Idea, he sets rolling, thus … Attained to perfection in the True Idea, he sets rolling, thus … Making [others] attain perfection in the True Idea, he sets rolling, thus … Attained to assurance in the True Idea, he sets rolling, thus … Making [others] attain assurance in the True Idea, he sets rolling, thus … Honouring the True Idea, he sets rolling, thus … Respecting the True Idea, he sets rolling, thus … Revering the True Idea, he sets rolling, thus … Venerating the True Idea, he sets rolling, thus … Reverencing the True Idea, he sets rolling, thus … With the True Idea as his flag, he sets rolling, thus … With the True Idea as his banner, he sets rolling, thus … With True Idea dominant, he sets rolling, thus … And that Wheel of the True Idea is not to be stopped by ascetic or brahman or deity or Māra or Brahmā or anyone in the world, thus it is the Wheel of the True Idea.

5. The faith faculty is a True Idea and he sets rolling that True Idea, thus it is the Wheel of the True Idea. The energy faculty is a True Idea and he sets rolling that True Idea, thus it is the Wheel of the True Idea. The mindfulness faculty … The concentration faculty … The understanding faculty is a True Idea and he sets rolling that True Idea, thus it is the Wheel of the True Idea.

The faith power is a True Idea and he sets rolling that True Idea, thus it is the Wheel of the True Idea. The energy power … The mindfulness power … The concentration power … The understanding power … thus it is the Wheel of the True Idea.

The mindfulness enlightenment factor is a True Idea and he sets rolling that True Idea, thus it is the Wheel of the True Idea. The investigation-of-ideas enlightenment factor … The energy enlightenment factor … The happiness enlightenment factor … The tranquillity enlightenment factor … The concentration enlightenment factor … The equanimity enlightenment factor …, thus it is the Wheel of the True Idea.

Right view is a True Idea and he sets rolling that True Idea, thus it is the Wheel of the True Idea. Right thought … Right speaking … Right acting … Right living … Right effort … Right mindfulness … Right concentration …, thus it is the Wheel of the True Idea.

The faculties in the sense of dominance are a True Idea and he sets rolling that True Idea, thus it is the Wheel of the True Idea. The powers in the sense of unshakability … The enlightenment factors in the sense of outlet … The path in the sense of cause … The foundations of mindfulness in the sense of establishment … The right endeavours in the sense of endeavouring … The bases for success (roads to power) in the sense of succeeding … The actualities in the sense of suchness (reality) are a True Idea and he sets rolling that True Idea, thus it is the Wheel of the True Idea.

Serenity in the sense of non-distraction is a True Idea and he sets rolling that True Idea, thus it is the Wheel of the True Idea. Insight in the sense of contemplation … Serenity and insight in the sense of single function (taste) … Coupling in the sense of non-excess is a True Idea and he sets rolling that True Idea, thus it is the Wheel of the True Idea.

Purification of virtue in the sense of restraint is a True Idea and he sets rolling that True Idea, thus it is the Wheel of the True Idea. Purification of cognizance in the sense of non-distraction … Purification of view in the sense of seeing … Liberation in the sense of being freed … Recognition in the sense of penetration … Deliverance in the sense of giving up … Knowledge of exhaustion in the sense of cutting off … Knowledge of non-arising in the sense of tranquillization is a True Idea and he sets rolling that True Idea, thus it is the Wheel of the True Idea. In the sense of root, zeal is a True Idea and he sets rolling that True Idea, thus it is the Wheel of the True Idea. In the sense of origination, attention … In the sense of combining, contact … In the sense of meeting-place, feeling … In the sense of being foremost, concentration … In the sense of dominance, mindfulness … In the sense of being highest of all, understanding … In the sense of being the core (taste), deliverance … In the sense of end, nibbana which merges in the deathless is a True Idea and he sets rolling that True Idea, thus it is the Wheel of the True Idea.

6. “‘This noble actuality of suffering is to be fully understood': such was the eye that arose, … about ideas not heard before”.

7.–9. The eye that arose: in what sense? … [complete as above]

10. “‘This noble actuality of suffering has been fully understood': such was the eye that arose, … about ideas not heard before”.

11.–13. The eye that arose: in what sense? …

14. “‘There is this noble actuality of the origin of suffering': such was the eye that arose, … about ideas not heard before”.

15. The eye that arose: in what sense? … The light that arose: in what sense? The eye that arose in the meaning of seeing … The light that arose in the meaning of illumination.

16. Eye is an idea, the meaning of seeing is a meaning … Light is an idea, the meaning of illumination is a meaning. These five ideas have the origin of suffering as their ground, actuality as their ground, … are founded upon actuality.

Wheel of the True Idea: in what sense … [complete as in § 4]

17. The faith faculty is a True Idea and … [complete as in § 5]

18. “‘This noble actuality of the origin of suffering is to be abandoned': such was the eye that arose, … about ideas not heard before”.

19.–21. The eye that arose: in what sense? … [repeat §§ 15–17]

22. “‘This noble actuality of the origin of suffering has been abandoned': such was the eye that arose, … about ideas not heard before”.

23.–25. The eye that arose: in what sense? … [repeat §§ 15–17]

26. “‘There is this noble actuality of the cessation of suffering': such was the eye that arose, … about ideas not heard before”.

27. The eye that arose: in what sense? … The light that arose: …

The eye that arose in the meaning of seeing … The light that arose in the meaning of illumination.

28. Eye is an idea, its meaning of seeing is a meaning … light is an idea, its meaning of illumination is a meaning. These five ideas have the cessation of suffering as their ground, actuality as their ground, … are founded upon actuality.

Wheel of the True Idea: in what sense … [complete as in § 4]

29. The faith faculty is a True Idea and … [complete as in § 5]

30. “‘This noble actuality of the cessation of suffering is to be realized': such was the eye that arose, … about ideas not heard before”.

31.–33. The eye that arose: in what sense? … [repeat §§ 27–29]

34. “‘This noble actuality of the cessation of suffering has been realized': such was the eye that arose, … about ideas not heard before”.

35.–37. The eye that arose: in what sense? … [repeat §§ 27–29]

38. “‘There is this noble actuality of the way leading to the cessation of suffering': such was the eye that arose, … about ideas not heard before”.

39. The eye that arose: in what sense? … The light that arose: in what sense?

The eye that arose in the meaning of seeing, … The light that arose in the meaning of illumination.

40. Eye is an idea, its meaning of seeing is a meaning … Light is an idea, its meaning of illumination is a meaning. These five ideas have the path as their ground, actuality as their ground, … are founded upon actuality.

Wheel of the True Idea: in what sense … [complete as in § 4]

41. The faith faculty is a True Idea and … [complete as in § 5]

42. “‘This noble actuality of the way leading to the cessation of suffering is to be developed': such was the eye that arose, … about ideas not heard before”.

43.–45. The eye that arose: in what sense? … [repeat §§ 39–§ 41]

46. “‘This noble actuality of the way leading to the cessation of suffering has been developed': such was the eye that arose, … about ideas not heard before”.

47.–49. The eye that arose: in what sense? … [repeat §§ 39–§ 41]

50. “‘There is this contemplation of the body as a body': such, bhikkhus, was the eye that arose, … the light that arose, in me about ideas not heard before. ‘This contemplation of the body as a body is to be developed': such, bhikkhus, was the eye that arose, … the light that arose, in me about ideas not heard before’. ‘This contemplation of the body as a body has been developed': such, bhikkhus, was the eye that arose, … the light that arose, in me about ideas not heard before.

‘There is this contemplation of feelings as feelings': such, …

‘There is this contemplation of cognizance as cognizance': such, …

‘There is this contemplation of ideas as ideas': such, …”.

51. “There is this contemplation of the body as a body': such was the eye that arose, … about ideas not heard before”.

52. The eye that arose: in what sense? … The light that arose: in what sense?

The eye that arose in the meaning of seeing … The light that arose in the meaning of illumination.

Eye is an idea, its meaning is a meaning … Light is an idea, its meaning is a meaning. These five ideas have the body as their ground, foundation of mindfulness as their ground, … are founded upon foundation of mindfulness.

53. Wheel of the True Idea: in what sense … [complete as in § 4]

54. The faith faculty is an idea and … [complete as in § 5]

55.–58. “‘This contemplation of the body as a body is to be developed': such was the eye that arose, … about ideas not heard before”.

59.–62. “‘This contemplation of the body as a body has been developed': such was the eye that arose, … about ideas not heard before”.

63.–74. … These five ideas have feelings as their ground, foundation of mindfulness as their ground …

75.–86. … These five ideas have cognizance as their ground, foundation of mindfulness as their ground …

87.–90. … These five ideas have ideas as their ground, foundation of mindfulness as their ground …

91. “‘There is this basis for success (road to power) that possesses both concentration due to zeal and the volitional-formation to endeavour': such, bhikkhus, was the eye that arose, … the light that arose, in me about ideas not heard before. ‘This basis for success that possesses both concentration due to zeal and the volitional-formation to endeavour is to be developed': such, bhikkhus, was the eye that arose, … the light that arose in me about ideas not heard before. ‘This basis for success that possesses both concentration due to zeal and the volitional-formation to endeavour has been developed': such, bhikkhus, was the eye that arose, … the light that arose, in me about ideas not heard before.

‘There is this basis for success that possesses both concentration due to energy and the volitional-formation to endeavour': …

‘There is this basis for success that possesses both concentration due to cognizance and the volitional-formation to endeavour': …

‘There is this basis for success that possesses both concentration due to inquiry and the volitional-formation to endeavour': such, …”.

92. “‘There is this basis for success that possesses both concentration due to zeal and the volitional-formation to endeavour': such was the eye that arose, … about ideas not heard before”.

93. The eye that arose: in what sense? The light that arose: in what sense? …

Eye is an idea, its meaning of seeing is a meaning … Light is an idea, its meaning of illumination is a meaning. These five ideas have zeal as their ground, have basis for success as their ground, … are founded on basis for success.

94. Wheel of the True Idea: in what sense … [complete as in § 4]

95. The faith faculty is a True Idea and … [complete as in § 5]

96.–99. “‘This basis for success that possesses both concentration due to zeal and the volitional-formation to endeavour is to be developed': such was the eye that arose, … about ideas not heard before”.

100.–103. “‘This basis for success that possesses both concentration due to zeal and the volitional-formation to endeavour has been developed such was the idea that arose, … about ideas not heard before”.

104.–115. … These five ideas have energy as their ground, have basis for success as their ground, …

116.–127. … These five ideas have cognizance as their ground, have basis for success as their ground, …

128.–139. … These five ideas have inquiry as their ground, have basis for success as their ground … Thus it is the Wheel of the True Idea.

End of Treatise on the Wheel of the True Idea.

- Translator: Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli

- Editor: Manfred Wierich