26(6)Kaccāna
There the Venerable Mahākaccāna addressed the bhikkhus:
"Friends,bhikkhus!"
"Friend!"those bhikkhus replied.
The Venerable Mahākaccāna said this:
"It's astounding
and amazing,friends,
that the Blessed One,the Arahant,the Perfectly Enlightened One,who knows and sees,has discovered the opening in the midst of confinement for the purification of beings,for the overcoming of sorrow and lamentation,for the passing away of pain and dejection,for the achievement of the method,for the realization of nibbāna,that is,the six subjects of recollection.
Mp:"In the midst of confinement(sambadhe):amid confinement in the five objects of sensual pleasure.Has discovered the opening.(okasadhigamo):the opening is the six subject of recollection,which he has discovered."
What six?
(1)"Here,friends,a noble disciple recollects the Tathāgata
thus:
'The Blessed One is an arahant...the Enlightened One,the
Blessed One.'
When a noble disciple recollects the Tathāgata,on
that occasion his mind is not obsessed by lust,hatred,[315]or
delusion;
on that occasion his mind is simply straight.He has
departed from greed,freed himself from it,emerged from it.
'Greed,'friends,is a designation for the five objects of sensual
pleasure.
This noble disciple dwells with a mind entirely like
space:vast,exalted,measureless,without enmity and ill will.
Having made this a basis,some beings here become pure in
such a way.
Where the preceding sutta reads idh'ekacce sattā visujjharti,the present one has idh'ekacce sattā visuddhidhanna bhavanti.There is no difference in the meaning.
(2)"Again,a noble disciple recollects the Dhamma thus:
"The
Dhamma is well expounded by the Blessed One...to be personally experienced by the wise.'
When a noble disciple recollects
the Dhamma,on that occasion his mind is not obsessed by lust,
hatred,or delusion;
on that occasion his mind is simply straight.
He has departed from greed...
...
...
...some beings here become pure
in such a way.
(3)"Again,a noble disciple recollects the Sangha thus:
'The Sangha of the Blessed One's disciples is practicing the good way...the unsurpassed field of merit for the world.'
When a noble disciple recollects the Sangha,on that occasion his mind is not obsessed by lust,hatred,or delusion;
on that occasion his mind is simply straight.He has departed from greed...
...
...
[316]...some beings here become pure in such a way.
(4)"Again,a noble disciple recollects his own virtuous behavior as unbroken,flawless,unblemished,unblotched,freeing,praised by the wise,ungrasped,leading to concentration.
When a noble disciple recollects his virtuous behavior,on that occasion his mind is not obsessed by lust,hatred,or delusion;
on that occasion his mind is simply straight.He has departed from greed...
...
...
...some beings here become pure in such a way.
(5)"Again,a noble disciple recollects his own generosity thus:
'It is truly my good fortune...that in a population obsessed by the stain of miserliness,I dwell with a mind devoid of the stain of miserliness...delighting in giving and sharing.'
When a noble disciple recollects his generosity,on that occasion his mind is not obsessed by lust,hatred,or delusion;
on that occasion his mind is simply straight.He has departed from greed...
...
...
...beings here become pure in such a way.
(6)"Again,a noble disciple recollects the deities thus:
'Thereare devas [ruled by]the four great kings...
...
...[317]...I too have such faith
...such virtuous behavior...such learning...such generosity...such wisdom as those deities possessed,because of which,when they passed away here,they were reborn there.'
...
When a noble disciple recollects the faith,virtuous behavior,learning,generosity,and wisdom in himself and in those deities,on that occasion his mind is not obsessed by lust,hatred,or delusion;
on that occasion his mind is simply straight.He has departed from greed,freed himself from it,emerged from it.
'Greed,'friends,is a designation for the five objects of sensual pleasure.
This noble disciple dwells with a mind entirely like space:vast,exalted,measureless,without enmity and ill will.
Having made this a basis too,some beings here become purein such a way.
“It's astounding
and amazing,friends,
that the Blessed One,the Arahant,the Perfectly Enlightened One,who knows and sees,has discovered the opening in the midst of confinement for the purification of beings,for the overcoming of sorrow and lamentation,for the passing away of pain and dejection,for the achievement of the method,for the realization of nibbāna,that is,the six subjects of recollection."