Saṅgāravasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Majjhimanikāya · Vol. 13 · Section 756

[756] When my mind (citta) was thus concentrated (samāhita), purified, bright, unblemished, rid of defilement, become malleable, workable, steady, and attained to imperturbability, I directed my mind to the knowledge (ñāṇa) of the passing away and reappearance of beings (cutūpapātañāṇa). With the divine eye (dibbacakkhu), purified and surpassing the human, I saw beings passing away and reappearing — inferior and superior, fair and ugly, faring well and faring ill … I understood how beings fare on according to their kamma. This, Bhāradvāja, was the second true knowledge attained by me in the middle watch of the night. Ignorance was dispelled, true knowledge arose; darkness was dispelled, light arose — as happens for one who dwells diligent, ardent, and resolute.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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