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I, Ánanda, Live in the Fullness of Emptiness
Empty of Empty Habits
Not an Empty Habitat

A Little Spell of Emptiness

Translated from the Pali by Michael Olds

I hear tell:

Once Upon A Time, The Lucky Man, Savatthi-Town, East-Park, The Palace of
Migara’s Mother came-a-visiting. At this time, Ánanda, just emerging from his
afternoon’s sit down practice, went to the Teacher, greeted him, and sat down
to one side. There he said:

Sir, at one time, The Lucky Man was residing among the Sakyans in the market
town of Nagaraka, and I, also, was there. In that place, I recall having heard,
learnt, studied, grasped, face-to-face with the Lucky Man, this statement made
by him: “At this time, Ánanda, I reside in the fullness of
emptiness.” Did I hear this correctly?

Yes, Ánanda, you heard, learnt, studied, grasped this correctly. Previously,
as well as now, I reside in the fullness of emptiness.

In the same way, Ánanda, as this Palace of Migara’s Mother [1] is
empty of the disturbances of the city: empty of elephants, cows, horses, asses;
empty of dealings with gold and silver; empty of groups of men and women, and
there is only this that remains to disturb the emptiness: that is, the vibration
emanating off the beggars here; in the same way, a beggar, paying no attention
to the disturbances of the city, paying no attention to human beings, pays
attention only to the vibration emanating off the forest. He takes to paying
attention only to perception of the forest, and cleans out, tidies up and
liberates his mind.

He understands: “This way there is no disturbance emanating from
perception of the city. This way there is no disturbance emanating from
perception of human beings. This way there is only that disturbance which
emanates off perception of the forest.” Thus: “This way is empty of
disturbance emanating from perception of the city. This way is empty of
disturbance emanating from perception of human beings. This way there is only
this that disturbs the emptiness: that is, the vibration which emanates off
perception of the forest.”

In this way he regards that which is present as empty of that which is not
present; and, with regard to what remains, he understands that: ‘That being;
this is.’

Thus, Ánanda, there is in the case of this case, a sitting-down-to-empty-out
that results in surpassing purity.

And again, Ánanda, deeper than that, paying no attention to human beings,
paying no attention to the forest, he takes to paying attention only to
perception of earth, and cleans out, tidies up and liberates his mind.

In the same way as he would regard a bull’s hide, stretched out to cure,
held down by a hundred pegs, it’s life done gone; when he pays attention to
earth, he does not think about anything on earth such as dry land or rivers or
swamps or marshes with plants with branches and thorns or mountains or plains,
but he only just pays attention to the vibration which emanates off perception
of earth. He takes to paying attention only to perception of earth, and cleans
out, tidies up and liberates his mind.

He understands: “This way there is no disturbance emanating from
perception of human beings. This way there is no disturbance emanating from
perception of the forest.” Thus: “This way is empty of disturbance
emanating from perception of human beings. This way is empty of disturbance
emanating from perception of the forest. This way there is only this that
disturbs the emptiness: that is, the vibration which emanates off perception of
earth.”

In this way he regards that which is present as empty of that which is not
present; and, with regard to what remains, he understands that: ‘That being;
this is.’

Thus, Ánanda, there is in the case of this case, a sitting-down-to-empty-out
that results in surpassing purity.

And again, Ánanda, deeper than that, paying no attention to the forest,
paying no attention to earth, he takes to paying attention only to perception of
The Sphere of Unlimited Space, and cleans out, tidies up and liberates his mind.

He understands: “This way there is no disturbance emanating from
perception of the forest. This way there is no disturbance emanating from
perception of earth.” Thus: “This way is empty of disturbance
emanating from perception of the forest. This way is empty of disturbance
emanating from perception of earth. This way there is only this that disturbs
the emptiness: that is, the vibration which emanates off perception of the
Sphere of Unlimited Space.”

In this way he regards that which is present as empty of that which is not
present, and, with regard to what remains, he understands that ‘That being,
this is.’

Thus, Ánanda, there is in the case of this case, a sitting-down-to-empty-out
that results in surpassing purity.

And again, Ánanda, deeper than that, paying no attention to earth, paying no
attention to The Sphere of Unlimited Space, he takes to paying attention only to
perception of the Sphere of Unlimited Consciousness, and cleans out, tidies up
and liberates his mind.

He understands: “This way there is no disturbance emanating from
perception of earth. This way there is no disturbance emanating from perception
of The Sphere of Unlimited Space.” Thus: “This way is empty of
disturbance emanating from perception of earth. This way is empty of disturbance
emanating from perception of The Sphere of Unlimited Space. This way there is
only this that disturbs the emptiness: that is, the vibration which emanates off
perception of the Sphere of Unlimited Consciousness.”

In this way he regards that which is present as empty of that which is not
present, and, with regard to what remains, he understands that ‘That being,
this is.’

Thus, Ánanda, there is in the case of this case, a sitting-down-to-empty-out
that results in surpassing purity.

And again, Ánanda, deeper than that, paying no attention to The Sphere of
Unlimited Space, paying no attention to The Sphere of Unlimited Consciousness,
he takes to paying attention only to perception of The Sphere Where No Thing’s
There, and cleans out, tidies up and liberates his mind.

He understands: “This way there is no disturbance emanating from
perception of The Sphere of Unlimited Space. This way there is no disturbance
emanating from the perception of The Sphere of Unlimited Consciousness.”
Thus: “This way is empty of disturbance emanating from perception of the
Sphere of Unlimited Space. This way is empty of disturbance emanating from
perception of The Sphere of Unlimited Consciousness. This way there is only this
that disturbs the emptiness: that is, the vibration which emanates off
perception of the Sphere Where No Thing’s There.”

In this way he regards that which is present as empty of that which is not
present, and, with regard to what remains, he understands that ‘That being,
this is.’

Thus, Ánanda, there is in the case of this case, a sitting-down-to-empty-out
that results in surpassing purity.

And again, Ánanda, deeper than that, paying no attention to The Sphere of
Unlimited Consciousness, paying no attention to The Sphere Where No Thing’s
There, he takes to paying attention only to perception of The Sphere of Neither
Perception Nor Non Perception, and cleans out, tidies up and liberates his mind.

He understands: “This way there is no disturbance emanating from
perception of The Sphere of Unlimited Consciousness. This way there is no
disturbance emanating from perception of The Sphere Where No Thing’s
There.” Thus: “This way is empty of disturbance emanating from
perception of the Sphere of Unlimited Consciousness. This way is empty of
disturbance emanating from the perception of The Sphere Where No Thing’s
There. This way there is only this that disturbs the emptiness: that is, the
vibration which emanates off perception of the Sphere of Neither Perception Nor
Non Perception.”

In this way he regards that which is present as empty of that which is not
present, and, with regard to what remains, he understands that ‘That being,
this is.’

Thus, Ánanda, there is in the case of this case, a sitting-down-to-empty-out
that results in surpassing purity.

And again, Ánanda, deeper than that, paying no attention to The Sphere Where
No Thing’s There, paying no attention to The Sphere of Neither Perception Nor
Non Perception, he takes to paying attention only to the mental High-Getting
that is Sign-less, and cleans out, tidies up and liberates his mind.

He understands: “This way there is no disturbance emanating from
perception of The Sphere Where No Thing’s There. This way there is no
disturbance emanating from perception of the Sphere of Neither Perception Nor
Non Perception.” Thus: “This way is empty of disturbance emanating
from perception of The Sphere Where No Thing’s There. This way is empty of
disturbance emanating from perception of The Sphere of Neither Perception Nor
Non Perception. This way there is only this that disturbs the emptiness: that
is, the six sense-realms bound to this body reacting to life.”

In this way he regards that which is present as empty of that which is not
present, and, with regard to what remains, he understands that ‘That being,
this is.’

Thus, Ánanda, there is in the case of this case, a sitting-down-to-empty-out
that results in surpassing purity.

And again, Ánanda, deeper than that, paying no attention to The Sphere Where
No Thing’s There, paying no attention to The Sphere of Neither Perception Nor
Non Perception, he takes to paying attention only to the mental High-Getting
that is Sign-less, and cleans out, tidies up and liberates his mind.

He understands: “This Mental High-Getting that is Sign-less is something
that has been constructed, thought out. Whatever has been constructed or thought
out is subject to change and coming to an end.” Knowing and seeing this,
his heart is free from the grip of sense pleasures, his heart is freed from the
grip of living, his mind is free from the grip of blindness. In Freedom comes
the knowledge of Freedom, and he knows: “Left Behind is Rebirth, Lived is
the Best of Lives, Done is Duty’s Doing, Crossed over Am I; No More It’n and
At’n for Me!”

He understands: “This way there is no disturbance emanating from the
grip of sense pleasures. This way there is no disturbance emanating from the
grip of living. This way there is no disturbance emanating from the grip of
blindness.” Thus: “This way is empty of the disturbance emanating from
the grip of sense pleasures. This way is empty of the disturbance emanating from
the grip of living. This way is empty of the disturbance emanating from the grip
of blindness. This way there is only this that disturbs the emptiness, that is
the six sense-realms bound to this body reacting to life.”

In this way he regards that which is present as empty of that which is not
present, and, with regard to what remains, he understands that ‘That being,
this is.’

Thus, Ánanda, there is in the case of this case, a sitting-down-to-empty-out
that results in surpassing purity.

And, Ánanda, all those Shamen or Brahmen of the long distant past who
attained the highest surpassing purity of emptiness and made it a habitat, all
of them did so by attaining this same highest surpassing purity of emptiness and
making it a habitat.

And, Ánanda, all those Shamen or Brahmen who in the far distant future will
attain the highest surpassing purity of emptiness and make it a habitat, all of
them will do so by attaining this same highest surpassing purity of emptiness
and making it a habitat.

And, Ánanda, all those Shamen or Brahmen who at present are able to attain
the highest surpassing purity of emptiness and make it a habitat, all of them do
so by attaining this same highest surpassing purity of emptiness and making it a
habitat.

Wherefore, Ánanda, train yourself this way: “I will attain the highest
surpassing purity of emptiness and make a habitat of that.”

[1] Pasade: Palace, Balustrade, Terraced house; as we understand it
today not much more elegant than what would have been a well constructed
two-story adobe home in what we might call an “open space preserve” –
a bit of forest nearby town. The Palace was apparently covered top to bottom in
precious rugs and cloth coverings.

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Aakankheyya Sutta

“If the Bhikkhu Desires”

I heard thus:
At one time the Blessed One was living in the monastery offered by Anathapindika
in Jeta’s grove in Savatthi. From there the Blessed One addressed the
Bhikkhus: O Bhikkhus, abide endowed with virtues, honoring the higher code of
rules be full of respect and reverence seeing fear in the slightest fault,
observe the virtues…

If the Bhikkhu desires, be a lovable to the co-associates in the holy
life, become pleasant and reverential, complete virtues for internal
appeasement, without neglecting jhana be endowed with wisdom and develop the
silent abidings.

If the Bhikkhu desires, be a gainer of robes, morsel food, dwellings and
requisites when ill. Abide endowed with virtues honoring the higher code of
rules be full of respect and reverence, seeing fear in the slightest fault,
observe the virtues. Complete virtues for internal appeasement, without
neglecting jhana be endowed with wisdom and develop the silent abidings.

If the Bhikkhu desires, think whose ever robes, morsel food, dwellings and
requisites when ill I partake, may it be of great benefit and results to those
givers. Abide endowed with virtues honoring the higher code of rules be full of
respect and reverence, seeing fear in the slightest fault observe the virtues.
Complete virtues for internal appeasement, without neglecting jhana be endowed
with wisdom and develop the silent abidings.

If the Bhikkhu desires, think may it be of great benefit and results to
those blood relations who are dead and gone that recall me with a pleasant mind.
Abide endowed with virtues, honoring the higher code of rules, be full of
respect and reverence, seeing fear in the slightest fault observe the virtues.
Complete virtues for internal appeasement, without neglecting jhana, be endowed
with wisdom and develop the silent abidings.

If the Bhikkhu desires, think, may I not live with aversion and
attachment, may I not endure aversion, may I abide overcoming all arising
aversions. Abide endowed with virtues, honoring the higher code of rules, be
full of respect and reverence, seeing fear in the slightest fault observe the
virtues. Complete virtues for internal appeasement, without neglecting jhana, be
endowed with wisdom and develop silent abidings.

If the Bhikkhu desires, think may I not live with great fear. May I abide
overcoming all fears that arise.. Abide endowed with virtues, honoring the
higher code of rules, be full of respect and reverence, seeing fear in the
slightest fault observe the virtues. Complete virtues for internal appeasement,
without neglecting jhana, be endowed with wisdom and develop silent abidings.

If the Bhikkhu desires, he becomes a quick and easy gainer of the four
higher abidings, pleasant abidings here and now gratis. Abide endowed with
virtues, honoring the higher code of rules, be full of respect and reverence,
seeing fear in the slightest fault observe the virtues. Complete virtues for
internal appeasement, without neglecting jhana, be endowed with wisdom and
develop silent abidings.

If the Bhikkhu desires, he experiences those immaterial releases with the
body and abides. Abide endowed with virtues, honoring the higher code of rules,
be full of respect and reverence, seeing fear in the slightest fault observe the
virtues. Complete virtues for internal appeasement, without neglecting jhana be
endowed with wisdom and develop silent abidings.

If the Bhikkhu desires, with the destruction of three fetters becomes a
stream enterer, not falling away from there head for enlightenment. Abide
endowed with virtues, honoring the higher code of rules, be full of respect and
reverence, seeing fear in the slightest fault observe the virtues. Complete
virtues for internal appeasement, without neglecting jhana be endowed with
wisdom and develop silent abidings.

If the Bhikkhu desires, destroying three fetters and making less of greed,
hate and delusion, could come once more to this world and make an end of
unpleasantness Abide endowed with virtues, honoring the higher code of rules, be
full of reverence and respect, seeing fear in the slightest fault observe the
virtues. Complete virtues for internal appeasement, without neglecting jhana be
endowed with wisdom and develop silent abidings.

If the Bhikkhu desires, destroying the five lower fetters is born
spontaneously, not falling from there would extinguish from that birth. Abide
endowed with virtues, honoring the higher code of rules, be full of reverence,
seeing fear in the slightest fault observe the virtues. Complete virtues for
internal appeasement, without neglecting jhana be endowed with wisdom and
develop silent abidings.

If the Bhikkhu desires, partake of various super-normal powers. Being one
become many, Becoming many become one, Would go unhindered across walls,
embankments, and rocks, as going in space, on earth diving and coming out is
done as in water, on water walks unbroken as on earth. In space sits cross
legged as though birds small and large. The moon and sun powerful as they are
touched with the hand. Thus with the body power is established as far as the
Brahma world. Abide endowed with virtues, honoring the higher code of rules, be
full of reverence, seeing fear in the slightest fault observe the virtues.
Complete virtues for internal appeasement, without neglecting jhana be endowed
with wisdom and develop silent abidings.

If the Bhikkhu desires with the purified heavenly ear hear sounds both
heavenly and human, far and near. Abide endowed with virtues, honoring the
higher code of rules, be full of reverence, seeing fear in the slightest fault
observe the virtues. Complete virtues for internal appeasement, without
neglecting jhana be endowed with wisdom and develop silent abidings.

If the Bhikkhu desires, penetrate and see the minds of other beings, Know
the greedy mind, and the mind free of greed, Know the angry mind, and the mind
free of anger. Know the deluded mind and the mind free of delusion. Know the
contracted mind and the distracted mind, Know the developed mind and undeveloped
mind. Know the mind with compare and the mind without compare. Know the
concentrated mind and the un-concentrated mind. Know the released mind and the
unreleased mind. Abide endowed with virtues, honoring the higher code of rules,
be full of reverence, seeing fear in the slightest fault observe the virtues.
Complete virtues for internal appeasement, without neglecting jhana be endowed
with wisdom and develop silent abidings.

If the Bhikkhu desires, recollect previous births, one birth, two, three,
four, five, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, a hundred births, a thousand
births, a hundred thousand births, innumerable forward cycles of births,
innumerable backward cycles of births, innumerable forward and backward cycles
of births. There I was born with such name, clan, disposition, supports,
experiencing such pleasant and unpleasant feelings, with such a span of life.
Disappearing from there is born there with such name, clan, disposition,
supports, experiencing such pleasant and unpleasant feelings, with such a span
of life. Disappearing from there is born here. Thus the manifold previous births
are recollected with all details. Abide endowed with virtues, honoring the
higher code of rules, be full of reverence, seeing fear in the slightest fault
observe the virtues. Complete virtues for internal appeasement, without
neglecting jhana be endowed with wisdom and develop silent abidings.

If the Bhikkhu desires, with the purified heavenly eye beyond human sees
beings disappearing and appearing in un-exalted and exalted states, beautiful
and ugly, in good and evil states, know beings according to their actions. These
good beings misbehaving bodily, verbally and mentally, blaming. Noble ones, with
wrong views and wrong actions, after death are born in loss, in hell. As for
these good beings conducting well in body, words and mind, not blaming noble
ones, with the right view of actions, after death are born in increase in
heaven. Abide endowed with virtues, honoring the higher code of rules, be full
of reverence, seeing fear in the slightest fault, observe the virtues. Complete
virtues for internal appeasement, without neglecting jhana be endowed with
wisdom and develop silent abidings.

If the Bhikkhu desires, with the destruction of desires, the mind released
and released through wisdom, here and now, by himself knowing and realizing
abide. Abide endowed with virtues, honoring the higher code of rules, be full of
reverence, seeing fear in the slightest fault, observe the virtues. Complete
virtues for internal appeasement, without neglecting jhana be endowed with
wisdom and develop silent abidings.

Bhikkhus, if it was said, abide endowed with virtues, honoring the higher
code of rules, be full of reverence, seeing fear in the slightest fault, observe
the virtues. Complete virtues for internal appeasement, without neglecting jhana
be endowed with wisdom and develop silent abidings, it was said on account of
this.

The Blessed One said thus and the Bhikkhus delighted in the words of the
Blessed One.

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I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Savatthi in Jeta’s Grove, Anathapindika’s monastery. Then a certain devata, in the far extreme of the night, her extreme radiance lighting up the entirety of Jeta’s Grove, went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down to him, stood to one side. As she was standing there, she recited these verses in the Blessed One’s presence:

When a house is on fire
the vessel salvaged
is the one that will be of use,
	not the one left there to burn.
	
So when the world is on fire
with aging and death,
one should salvage [one’s wealth] by giving:
	what’s given is well salvaged.
	
What’s given bears fruit as pleasure.
What isn’t given does not:
	thieves take it away, or kings;
	it gets burnt by fire or lost.
	
Then in the end
one leaves the body
together with one’s possessions.
Knowing this, the intelligent man
enjoys possessions & gives.
	
Having enjoyed & given
in line with his means,
uncensured he goes
to the heavenly state.

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