Tripiṭaka Arūpadhammavavatthānavagga
Analysis of Formless Dhammas Chapter
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“Āma, mahārāja, sakkā assāsapassāse nirodhetun”ti.
“Yes, your majesty, it is possible to cease in and out breathing.”
“Kathaṁ, bhante nāgasena, sakkā assāsapassāse nirodhetun”ti.
“How, Venerable Nāgasena, is it possible to cease in and out breathing?”
“Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, mahārāja, sutapubbo te koci kākacchamāno”ti.
“What do you think, your majesty, have you heard before of someone snoring?”
“Kiṁ nu kho, mahārāja, so saddo kāye namite virameyyā”ti.
“Would that sound be stopped, your majesty, if the body were bent?”
“So hi nāma, mahārāja, saddo abhāvitakāyassa abhāvitasīlassa abhāvitacittassa abhāvitapaññassa kāye namite viramissati, kiṁ pana bhāvitakāyassa bhāvitasīlassa bhāvitacittassa bhāvitapaññassa catutthajjhānaṁ samāpannassa assāsapassāsā na nirujjhissantī”ti.
“Since, your majesty, that sound would be stopped if the body were bent by someone undeveloped in body, virtue, mind, and wisdom, why could not the breathing in and the breathing out be ceased for someone developed in body, virtue, mind, and wisdom, and who has attained the fourth jhāna?”