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 ninth of the ten Tathāgata powers, and simultaneously the fifth of the sixfold higher knowledges, per this project's own confirmed convergence at SN 52.22
Why this discourse
Confirmed by direct reading, this discourse's own claim — understanding, “with clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman,” how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds — is the ninth of the ten Tathāgata powers, and, per this project's own confirmed convergence at SN 52.22, simultaneously the fifth of the classic sixfold higher knowledges already given in full at SN 51.11.
Reading guide
The identical description already met at SN 51.11
Confirmed by direct reading, this discourse's own phrasing matches SN 51.11's own account of clairvoyance exactly: seeing beings pass away and be reborn “according to their deeds” — inferior and superior, in good places and bad, based on their own conduct of body, speech, and mind.
The penultimate item in this vagga's own converged list
This project's own confirmation: with only one discourse remaining in this vagga, this is the second-to-last item in the converged sequence first identified at SN 52.22 — the ending of defilements, the classic culmination of both traditional lists, still to come.
Key terms
dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena satte passāmi cavamāne upapajjamāne — “with clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, I see sentient beings passing away and being reborn” — the same phrase already met in full at SN 51.11
yathākammūpage — “according to their deeds” — the discourse's own specific qualifier, tying clairvoyance directly to the workings of karma
dibbacakkhu — “clairvoyance,” literally “the divine eye” — this discourse's own title and central term
hīna paṇīta — “inferior and superior” — part of the fuller description at SN 51.11 this discourse's own compressed phrase assumes
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, with clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, I understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds.”
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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 two converged lists this project has tracked?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct comparison, continuing the convergence this project first confirmed at SN 52.22.
Question 2 of 3
How does this discourse's own phrasing compare to SN 51.11's own account of clairvoyance?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading: the same compressed reference to the fuller account already translated.
Question 3 of 3
What remains after this discourse in this vagga's own sequence, according to this project's own tracking?
Correct: A. This project's own confirmed count: only the final, culminating item remains.
