Perception

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

• Tipiṭaka · an10.60 · Pāli

  Aniccasaññā, anattasaññā, asubhasaññā, ādīnavasaññā, pahānasaññā, virāgasaññā, nirodhasaññā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā, sabbasaṅkhāresu anicchāsaññā, ānāpānassati. The perceptions of impermanence, not-self, ugliness, drawbacks, giving up, fading away, cessation, dissatisfaction with the whole world, impermanence of all conditions, and mindfulness of breathing. Die Wahrnehmung der Unbeständigkeit, die Wahrnehmung des Fehlens eines Selbst, die Wahrnehmung des Abstoßenden, die Wahrnehmung der Nachteile, die Wahrnehmung des Aufgebens, die Wahrnehmung des Schwindens, die Wahrnehmung des Aufhörens, die Wahrnehmung der Entfremdung von der ganzen Welt, die Wahrnehmung der Unbeständigkeit aller …

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• Pāli commentaries · pāthikavaggaṭṭhakathā · Pāli

  saññāsu asubhānupassanāñāṇe saññā asubhasaññā| ādīnavānupassanāñāṇe saññā ādīnavasaññā nāma| sesā heṭṭhā vuttā eva| balasattakaviññāṇaṭṭhitisattakapuggalasattakāni vuttanayāneva | appahīnaṭṭhena anusayantīti anusayā| thāmagato kāmarāgo kāmarāgānusayo| esa nayo sabbattha| saṃyojanasattakaṃ uttānatthameva| adhikaraṇasamathasattakavaṇṇanā

• Dzogchen · Commentary on Calling the Guru from Afar · English

  As the all-knowing Jigme Lingpa taught: Although the appearance of objects arises unceasingly in the face of awareness, since awareness does not merge with the objects, all dualistic perception—the heart of saṃsāra—is like a drawing on water. Obscurations and their remedies are self-liberated. And so, with a joyful smile, Saraha said, when awareness does not get lost in objects, no attachment or grasping arises, nor any notions of refuting and asserting, and the binds of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa come undone. In this state, the holy Indian Padampa Sangye shines.

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