A single elided sentence, continuing this vagga's own confirmed pattern
Length
<1 minute to read
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Significance
★★★ — the second confirmed instance of this vagga's own systematic walk through the classic higher knowledges
Why this discourse
Confirmed by direct reading, this discourse continues the pattern this project confirmed at SN 52.12: a single elided sentence attributing the next of the classic higher knowledges — clairaudience — to the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, matching the identical power already given in full at SN 51.11.
Reading guide
The vagga's own confirmed pattern continues
Confirmed by direct reading, this discourse's own content is again a single sentence, assuming SN 52.11's own base question and formula, now naming clairaudience as the specific attainment.
The same power already met at SN 51.11
Confirmed by direct reading, the phrasing — “with clairaudience that is purified and superhuman, I hear both kinds of sounds, human and heavenly, whether near or far” — is word-for-word the same description already given at SN 51.11, again attributed here to the four foundations of mindfulness rather than the four bases of psychic power.
Key terms
dibbasota — “clairaudience” — this discourse's own title, literally “the divine ear”
dibbāya sotadhātuyā visuddhāya atikkantamānusikāya — “with clairaudience that is purified and superhuman” — the same phrase already met at SN 51.11
ubho sadde suṇāti dibbe ca mānuse ca — “I hear both kinds of sounds, human and heavenly” — the specific claim, unchanged from its own earlier occurrence
ye dūre santike ca — “whether near or far” — the phrase's own closing qualifier
catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ bhāvitattā — “because of developing and cultivating these four kinds of mindfulness meditation” — the cause named for clairaudience here
The text
Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“… And it’s because of developing and cultivating these four kinds of mindfulness meditation that, with clairaudience that is purified and superhuman, I hear both kinds of sounds, human and heavenly, whether near or far.”
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Self-check quiz
3 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 3
What pattern does this discourse continue, according to this project's own confirmation?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct comparison to SN 52.12: the same compressed structure, now naming clairaudience.
Question 2 of 3
Where has this exact description of clairaudience already appeared in this project's own work?
Correct: A. The identical phrase, already translated in full at SN 51.11.
Question 3 of 3
What does clairaudience allow the practitioner to hear, according to this discourse's own text?
Correct: A. "Both kinds of sounds, human and heavenly, whether near or far" — confirmed directly by the text.
