A single elided sentence, continuing this vagga's own confirmed sequence
Length
<1 minute to read
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Significance
★★★ — the seventh of the ten Tathāgata powers, confirming this vagga's own continued sequential order
Why this discourse
Confirmed by direct reading, this discourse's own claim — truly understanding “corruption, cleansing, and emergence regarding the absorptions, liberations, immersions, and attainments” — is the seventh of the classical ten Tathāgata powers, directly following the sixth at SN 52.20, confirming this project's own tracking of this vagga's own sequential order continues intact.
Reading guide
The seventh power, in sequence
This project's own confirmation: this discourse continues the exact order already confirmed across SN 52.15-20, now naming knowledge of how four distinct meditative categories can become corrupted, be cleansed, or be emerged from.
Four categories of meditative attainment named together
Confirmed by direct reading, the discourse's own scope spans four related but distinct categories: absorptions (jhāna), liberations (vimokkha), immersions (samādhi), and attainments (samāpatti) — a broader sweep of meditative states than any single term alone.
Three specific dynamics named for each
Confirmed by direct reading, the discourse's own precision extends to naming three distinct dynamics for each category: “corruption” (how a state degrades), “cleansing” (how it is purified), and “emergence” (how one exits it) — not merely whether a state is attained, but how it behaves once entered.
Key terms
jhānavimokkhasamādhisamāpattīnaṁ saṅkilesaṁ vodānaṁ vuṭṭhānaṁ yathābhūtaṁ pajānāmi — “I truly understand corruption, cleansing, and emergence regarding the absorptions, liberations, immersions, and attainments” — this discourse's own precise claim, the seventh of the ten Tathāgata powers
jhāna — “absorption” — the first of the four categories, referring to deep states of meditative concentration
vimokkha — “liberation” — a distinct category of meditative release, named alongside absorption
saṅkilesa...vodāna...vuṭṭhāna — “corruption... cleansing... emergence” — the three specific dynamics this discourse's own claim addresses for each meditative category
catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ bhāvitattā — “because of developing and cultivating these four kinds of mindfulness meditation” — the cause named for this knowledge here, as throughout this vagga
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 truly understand corruption, cleansing, and emergence regarding the absorptions, liberations, immersions, and attainments.”
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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 position does this discourse's own claim occupy in the ten Tathāgata powers?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct comparison: continuing the exact order already tracked across SN 52.15-20.
Question 2 of 3
What four categories of meditative attainment does this discourse's own claim span?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading: jhāna, vimokkha, samādhi, and samāpatti named together.
Question 3 of 3
What three dynamics does this discourse's own claim address for each category?
Correct: A. Confirmed directly by the text: not merely attainment, but how each state degrades, is purified, or is exited.
