Suññatavāra

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇī · Vol. 34 · Section 421

[421] Which phenomena (dhammā) are indeterminate (abyākata)? On the occasion when one develops the path for rebirth in the formless realm (arūpūpapatti) and — having completely transcended the sphere of nothingness (ākiñcaññāyatana) — with the abandonment of pleasure and … enters upon and dwells in the fourth jhāna accompanied by the perception of the sphere of neither perception nor non-perception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatana): on that occasion there is contact (phassa) … there is non-distraction (avikkhepa) … These phenomena are wholesome. As the resultant (vipāka) of that same wholesome kamma belonging to the formless realm (arūpāvacara), because it has been done, because it has been accumulated, one — having completely transcended the sphere of nothingness — with the abandonment of pleasure and … enters upon and dwells in the fourth jhāna accompanied by the perception of the sphere of neither perception nor non-perception: on that occasion there is contact … there is non-distraction … These phenomena are indeterminate. The Resultants of the Formless Realm (arūpāvacaravipākā). _____________

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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