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šŸ”—šŸ“collection of notes on ViƱƱāį¹‡aį¹ƒ anidassanaį¹ƒ:

 Internal
pattern "anidass" appears in 5 suttas:

DN 11.4.1 where nāma, rÅ«pa, viƱƱāna cease without remainder

DN 33.3 threefold classification of rūpa with 4 permutations of visible (dassana) and resistant (patigha)

MN 21.6 sky is ākāso arūpī anidassano, formless and invisible

MN 49.9.7 Buddha says Brahma has no knowledge of ViƱƱāį¹‡aį¹ƒ anidassanaį¹ƒ anantaį¹ƒ sabbato pabhaį¹ƒ

SN 43.44 AnidassanaƱca is listed among other synonyms for nirvana


DN 33 is not talking about viƱƱāna, just rÅ«pa.

MN 21 context is doing metta to the whole world, so even though viƱƱāna is not mentioned, but metta can be done with 4 jhānas (which operate in rÅ«pa) or formless dimensions.

The remaining 3 suttas all seem to be the context of samādhi perceiving nirvana.

so what is the best translation for anidassana? Sujato's "invisible consciousness" is untenable if we assume it should have the same translation for all 5 suttas.

And DN 11 and SN 43 show this state is definitely not referring the dimension of infinite consciousness.

In DN 11, in this state nāma, rÅ«pa, viƱƱāna all cease. Obviously those things can't cease in dimension of infinite consciousness.


Translations for anidassana:

Bodhi: unmanifest

Thanissaro: without surface:







External


Essay by Charlie

https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/dn11-five-aggregates-vinanna-anidassana/31147


Essay by Sunyo (proposing this is formless state of infinite consciousness)

https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/vinna-a-anidassana-the-state-of-boundless-consciousness/22262




Comments

  1. nicksunApril 27, 2024 at 6:21 PM

    Dr. William Zhu's translation is so easy for me to grasp: The Conciousensess without landing (那äøŖę²”ęœ‰č½č„šä¹‹å¤„ēš„觉ēŸ„; 那äøŖęœŖ呈ēŽ°ä¹‹čƆ）, which is the deathless.

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