A single elided passage, 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 third confirmed instance of this vagga's own walk through the classic higher knowledges, here compressed further than SN 51.11's own full account
Why this discourse
Confirmed by direct reading, this discourse continues this vagga's own pattern, naming mind-reading as the attainment produced by the four kinds of mindfulness meditation — but confirmed by direct comparison, its own English source compresses SN 51.11's own full sixteen-item list of paired mental states down to only the first item (“mind with greed”) and the last (“unfreed mind”), with the middle fourteen elided by ellipsis.
Reading guide
The vagga's own pattern, continued
Confirmed by direct reading, this discourse again assumes SN 52.11's own base question and formula, now naming the ability to “understand the minds of other beings and individuals, having encompassed them with my mind.”
A compression beyond even SN 51.11's own account
This project's own comparison: where SN 51.11 spelled out all eight paired categories in full (greed/no greed, hate/no hate, delusion/no delusion, constricted/scattered, expansive/unexpansive, supreme/not supreme, in samādhi/not, freed/unfreed), this discourse's own English source keeps only the first pairing's own first half and the very last item, eliding the rest with an ellipsis — a further compression this project has not yet met for this particular list.
Key terms
cetopariya — “encompassing the mind” — this discourse's own title, naming the ability to read others' minds directly
parasattānaṁ parapuggalānaṁ cetasā ceto paricca pajānāmi — “I understand the minds of other beings and individuals, having encompassed them with my mind” — the discourse's own opening claim, matching SN 51.11's own phrasing exactly
sarāgaṁ vā cittaṁ — “mind with greed” — the first item kept in full here, the opening member of the paired-states list given in full at SN 51.11
avimuttaṁ vā cittaṁ — “unfreed mind” — the list's own final item, likewise kept in full while the middle items are elided
catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ bhāvitattā — “because of developing and cultivating these four kinds of mindfulness meditation” — the cause named for mind-reading 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 I understand the minds of other beings and individuals, having encompassed them with my mind. I understand mind with greed as ‘mind with greed’ … I understand unfreed mind as ‘unfreed mind’.”
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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 ability does this discourse attribute to the four kinds of mindfulness meditation?
Correct: A. Mind-reading, confirmed directly by the discourse's own text, matching this vagga's own established pattern.
Question 2 of 3
How does this discourse's own list of paired mental states compare to SN 51.11's own full account?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct comparison: a further compression beyond SN 51.11's own already-complete account.
Question 3 of 3
What does this project's own observation say about this level of compression?
Correct: A. This project's own direct comparison, noting the specific degree of compression as new within its own tracking.
