The conceit "I am"

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

• Tipiṭaka · vbh · Pāli Primary passage

  (3) Navavidhā mānā 962 . Tattha katame navavidhā mānā? ‘‘Seyyassa seyyohamasmī’’ti māno, ‘‘seyyassa sadisohamasmī’’ti māno, ‘‘seyyassa hīnohamasmī’’ti māno, ‘‘sadisassa seyyohamasmī’’ti māno, ‘‘sadisassa sadisohamasmī’’ti māno, ‘‘sadisassa hīnohamasmī’’ti māno, ‘‘hīnassa seyyohamasmī’’ti māno, ‘‘hīnassa sadisohamasmī’’ti māno, ‘‘hīnassa hīnohamasmī’’ti māno – ime navavidhā mānā. (4) Nava taṇhāmūlakā dhammā

• Narrative literature · 108 Buddhist stotras · Sanskrit

  yasyā nādaṃ niśamya śravaṇasukhakaraṃ yānti tṛptiṃ samantāt pretā bhūmīmukhādyāḥ pṛthutaravapuṣaḥ kṣutpipāsābhibhūtāḥ / samyagabhaktyā prasannaiḥ suranaravapuṣaiḥ śrūyate cāturairyā sā gaṇḍī pātu viśvaṃ daśabalabalinastasya mānā manojñā //

• Pāli commentaries · sagāthāvagga-aṭṭhakathā · Pāli

  yo maññatī ti yo attānaṃ ‘‘ahaṃ samo’’ti vā ‘‘visesī’’ti vā ‘‘nihīno’’ti vā maññati| etena ‘‘seyyohamasmī’’tiādayo tayo mānā gahitāva| tesu gahitesu nava mānā gahitāva honti| so vivadetha tenā ti so puggalo teneva mānena yena kenaci puggalena saddhiṃ – ‘‘kena maṃ tvaṃ pāpuṇāsi, kiṃ jātiyā pāpuṇāsi, udāhu gottena, kulapadesena, vaṇṇapokkharatāya, bāhusaccena, dhutaguṇenā’’ti evaṃ vivadeyya| iti imāyapi upaḍḍhagāthāya kālikā kāmā kathitā|

• Tipiṭaka · apa1 · Pāli

  Vāmaṅguṭṭhena khobheyyaṃ, iddhiyā pāramiṃ gato’’ti. Tattha iddhiyā pāramiṃ gato ti vikubbaniddhiādiiddhiyā pariyosānaṃ gato patto. 1:395 . Asmimāna nti ahamasmi paññāsīlasamādhisampannotiādi asmimānaṃ na passāmi na akkhāmīti attho. Tadeva dīpento māno mayhaṃ na vijjatī ti āha. Sāmaṇere upādāyā ti sāmaṇere ādiṃ katvā sakale bhikkhusaṅghe garucittaṃ gāravacittaṃ ādarabahumānaṃ ahaṃ karomīti attho. 1:396 . Aparimeyye ito kappe ti ito amhākaṃ uppannakappato antarakappādīhi aparimeyye ekaasaṅkhyeyyassa upari satasahassakappamatthaketi attho. Yaṃ kammamabhinīhari nti aggasāvakabhāvassa padaṃ puññasampattiṃ pūresiṃ. Tāhaṃ bhūmimanuppatto ti ahaṃ taṃ sāvakabhūmiṃ anuppatto āsavakkhayasaṅkhātaṃ …

• Jaina scriptures · Jaina Sūtras II: Uttarādhyayana & Sūtrakṛtāṅga (SBE 45) · English

  (31) Many men who thought this Law to be the highest good and conducive to their spiritual welfare, obeyed their preceptors, ceased from works, and have crossed the great flood (of worldly existence). (32) Thus I say. If a monk who abstains from actions, suffers pain (for acts done) through ignorance, that Karman will 1 Samprasdaraka? * Khanna= maya. > Pasamsa = prasamsa, lobha. * Ukkasa = utkarsha, mana. ® Pagdsa = prakasa, krédha. 6 Dhuya=dhfta. The word preceding this is sugésiyam= gush/am, sévitam.

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