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The unconstructed

asaṅkhata
Threshold & awakening Core — needs to be understood Stage 8 of 8

What is unborn, unbecome, unmade, unconstructed — the canonical way of speaking about Nibbāna, in contrast to everything conditioned (saṅkhata).

On the path: 8 · Awakening and integration — What does liberation mean in the canonical sense? Nibbāna, conditioned and unconditioned, the four fruits, the fetters, liberation of heart, liberation by wisdom. → to this stage in the learning path
In the map of the teaching: DN 34 · Groups of two · Seeing directly

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Passages where asaṅkhata occurs literally — in the original, and, where a German translation of the same lines exists, in German.

  • Tipiṭaka · Theragāthā 16.5

    Durch Begehrlichkeit und Grausamkeit wird der Geist geschädigt. Wenn du so Leiden anhäufst, heißt es, du seist vom Erlöschen weit entfernt. Wenn du eine Berührung empfindest und die Achtsamkeit verlierst, richtest du den Geist auf ein anziehendes Merkmal. Indem du sie mit begehrlichem Geist erfährst, hältst du weiter daran fest. Aus Berührungen entstehen viele Gefühle. Durch Begehrlichkeit und Grausamkeit wird der Geist geschädigt. Wenn du so Leiden anhäufst, heißt es, du seist vom Erlöschen weit entfernt. Wenn du eine Vorstellung erkennst und die Achtsamkeit verlierst, richtest du den Geist auf ein anziehendes Merkmal. Indem du sie mit begehrlichem Geist erfährst, hältst du weiter daran …

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    cittamassūpahaññati; Evamācinato dukkhaṁ, ārā nibbāna vuccati. Rasaṁ bhotvā sati muṭṭhā, Piyaṁ nimittaṁ manasi karoto; Sārattacitto vedeti, Tañca ajjhosa tiṭṭhati. Tassa vaḍḍhanti vedanā, anekā rasasambhavā; Abhijjhā ca vihesā ca, cittamassūpahaññati; Evamācinato dukkhaṁ, ārā nibbāna vuccati. Phassaṁ phussa sati muṭṭhā, Piyaṁ nimittaṁ manasi karoto; Sārattacitto vedeti, Tañca ajjhosa tiṭṭhati. Tassa vaḍḍhanti vedanā, anekā phassasambhavā; Abhijjhā ca vihesā ca, cittamassūpahaññati; Evamācinato dukkhaṁ, ārā nibbāna vuccati. Dhammaṁ ñatvā sati muṭṭhā, Piyaṁ nimittaṁ manasi karoto; Sārattacitto vedeti, Tañca ajjhosa tiṭṭhati. Tassa vaḍḍhanti vedanā, anekā dhammasambhavā; Abhijjhā ca vihesā …

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  • Pāli commentaries · mūlapaṇṇāsa-aṭṭhakathā · Pāli

    3.217) āgataṭṭhāne sabbaññutañāṇaṃ| ‘‘patvāna bodhiṃ amataṃ asaṅkhata’’nti āgataṭṭhāne nibbānaṃ| idha pana bhagavato arahattamaggañāṇaṃ adhippetaṃ| apare sabbaññutañāṇantipi vadanti|

  • Mahāmudrā · The Excellent Path of Definitive Meaning · English

    When, through the kindness of the guru, I do apply analysis, I see that mind is entirely empty of origination, presence and departure. Without basis or origin, mind itself is great emptiness. It is the natural state of all things in saṃsāra and nirvāṇa. It is the limitless dharmadhātu, vast and expansive. Awareness and unawareness are what we label ‘saṃsāra’ and ‘nirvāṇa’. With realization, we’re buddhas; in its absence, we’re ordinary beings. In fact, neither saṃsāra nor nirvāṇa is real.

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