AN 4.77 Acintita Sutta

Tipitaka >> Sutta Pitaka >> Anguttara Nikaya >> Acintita Sutta

AN 4.77 Acintita Sutta : Unconjecturable
"There are these four unconjecturables that are not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about them. Which four?

"The Buddha-range of the Buddhas(1) is an unconjecturable that is not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about it.

"The jhana/trance state-range of a person in jhana/trance state...(2)

"The (precise working out of the) results of kamma(karma)...

"Conjecture about (the origin, etc., of) the world is an unconjecturable that is not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about it.

"These are the four unconjecturables that are not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about them."

Notes:

1.I.e., the range of powers a Buddha develops as a result of becoming a Buddha.

2.I.e., the range of powers that one may obtain while absorbed in jhana/trance state.