Path of Freedom [Vimuttimagga]

228 VimuttimaggaMISCELLANEOUS TEACHINGSHere there are the following miscellaneous teachings: If one practisesone kind of concentration with the purpose of seeing forms through divinesight, he can only see forms. He cannot hear sounds. If he practises onekind of concentration for the purpose of hearing sounds through divine hearing,he can hear sounds only. He cannot see forms. If he practises concentrationfor the purpose of seeing and hearing, he can see and hear. If he practisesconcentration for the purpose of seeing, hearing and knowing others' thoughts,he can see, hear and know others' thoughts. If he practises concentrationfor the purpose of seeing in one direction, he cannot see in another direction,he cannot hear and he cannot know others' thoughts. If he practises concentrationmuch, he can see in all directions, he can hear and he can knowothers' thoughts. Five supernormal powers are worldly higher knowledge.These are possessed by the denizens of the form plane who are with the cankersand commoners with the fetters. Meritorious higher knowledge belongs toboth the learner and the commoner. To the Consummate One belongs noncharacterizablehigher knowledge. The five kinds of higher knowledge arenot produced in the formless plane.The section on supernormal power in the Path of Freedom has ended.Xtattha gantvd tarn mdretha 9 ti tesam kahdpane adamsu. Cord dhanalobhena sampaticchitvai theram mdressama* ti gantvd tassa vasanatthanam parivdresurh. Thero tehi parikkhittabhavamnatvd kuhcikacchiddena nikkamitva pakkdmi. Te tarn divasam therarh adisvdputf ekadivasam gantvd parikkhipimsu. Thero natvd kannikdmandalam bhinditva dkdsarhpakkhandi. Evan te pathamamdse pi majjhimamdse pi therarh gahetum ndsakkhirhsu.Pacchimamdse pana sampatte thero attand katakammassa dkaddhanabhavam natvd naapagahchi. Cord gahetva therarh tandulakanamattani 'ssa atfhini karontd bhindirhsu. Athanarh "mato" ti sahndya ekasmirh gumbapitthe khipitva pakkamimsu. Thero 'Sattharampassitva va parinibbdyissamV ti attabhavam jhanavethanena vethetva thirarh katvd dkdsenaSatthu santikarh gantvd Sattharam vanditva ""bhante parinibbdyissamV ti aha. 'ParinibbdyissasiMoggalldnd"' ti. Ama bhante' ti.l Kattha gantvd' ti. Kdlasildpadesam bhante* ti.'Tena hi Moggalldna mayham dhammam kathetva ydhi, tddisassa hi me sdvakassa iddnidassanam natthi ti. So l evam karissami bhante"* ti Sattharam vanditva dkdse uppatitvaparinibbdnadivase Sdriputtatthero viya ndnappakard iddhiyo katvd dhammam kathetvaSattharam vanditva Kdlasildtavim gantvd parinibbdyi.