1Then Venerable Samiddhi went up to Venerable Sāriputta, bowed, and stood to one side. Venerable Sāriputta said to him:

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2“Samiddhi, based on what do thoughts arise in a person?”

“Based on name and form, sir.”

3“Where do they become diversified?”

“In the elements.”

4“What is their origin?”

“Contact is their origin.”

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5“What is their meeting place?”

“Feeling is their meeting place.”

6“What is their chief?”

“Immersion is their chief.”

7“What is their ruler?”

“Mindfulness is their ruler.”

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8“What is their overseer?”

“Wisdom is their overseer.”

9“What is their core?”

“Freedom is their core.”

10“What is their culmination?”

“They culminate in the deathless.”

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11“Samiddhi, when you were asked what is the basis on which thoughts arise in a person, you answered ‘name and form’. When you were asked … what is their culmination, you answered ‘the deathless’. Good, good, Samiddhi! It’s good that you answered each question. But don’t get conceited because of that.”

1Atha kho āyasmā samiddhi yenāyasmā sāriputto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho āyasmantaṁ samiddhiṁ āyasmā sāriputto etadavoca: 

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2"Kimārammaṇā, samiddhi, purisassa saṅkappavitakkā uppajjantī"ti?

"Nāmarūpārammaṇā, bhante"ti.

3"Te pana, samiddhi, kva nānattaṁ gacchantī"ti?

"Dhātūsu, bhante"ti.

4"Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁsamudayā"ti?

"Phassasamudayā, bhante"ti.

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5"Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁsamosaraṇā"ti?

"Vedanāsamosaraṇā, bhante"ti.

6"Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁpamukhā"ti?

"Samādhippamukhā, bhante"ti.

7"Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁadhipateyyā"ti?

"Satādhipateyyā, bhante"ti.

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8"Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁuttarā"ti?

"Paññuttarā, bhante"ti.

9"Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁsārā"ti?

"Vimuttisārā, bhante"ti.

10"Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁogadhā"ti?

"Amatogadhā, bhante"ti.

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11"‘Kimārammaṇā, samiddhi, purisassa saṅkappavitakkā uppajjantī’ti, iti puṭṭho samāno ‘nāmarūpārammaṇā, bhante’ti vadesi. ‘Te pana, samiddhi, kva nānattaṁ gacchantī’ti, iti puṭṭho samāno ‘dhātūsu, bhante’ti vadesi. ‘Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁsamudayā’ti, iti puṭṭho samāno ‘phassasamudayā, bhante’ti vadesi. ‘Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁsamosaraṇā’ti, iti puṭṭho samāno ‘vedanāsamosaraṇā, bhante’ti vadesi. ‘Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁpamukhā’ti, iti puṭṭho samāno ‘samādhippamukhā, bhante’ti vadesi. ‘Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁadhipateyyā’ti, iti puṭṭho samāno ‘satādhipateyyā, bhante’ti vadesi. ‘Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁuttarā’ti, iti puṭṭho samāno ‘paññuttarā, bhante’ti vadesi. ‘Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁsārā’ti, iti puṭṭho samāno ‘vimuttisārā, bhante’ti vadesi. ‘Te pana, samiddhi, kiṁogadhā’ti, iti puṭṭho samāno ‘amatogadhā, bhante’ti vadesi. Sādhu sādhu, samiddhi. Sādhu kho tvaṁ, samiddhi, puṭṭho puṭṭho vissajjesi, tena ca mā maññī"ti.

Catutthaṁ.