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The Discourse on the Term of Overcoming
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Then the venerable Ānanda approached the Blessed One;
having approached, he paid respect to the Blessed One and sat down to one side.
To the venerable Ānanda seated to one side, the Blessed One said this:
"Those teachings, Ānanda, that lead to the realisation through direct knowledge of those various terms of designation, I confidently acknowledge therein, Ānanda. 'To expound the Teaching in such and such a way to such and such persons, so that one practising thus will know what exists as "it exists," will know what does not exist as "it does not exist," will know what is inferior as "inferior," will know what is superior as "superior," will know what is surpassed as "surpassed," will know what is unsurpassed as "unsurpassed"; or in whatever way that should be known or should be seen or should be realised, in that way one will know or will see or will realise' - this is possible. This, Ānanda, is the unsurpassed among knowledges, that is to say, the knowledge of phenomena as they really are in each and every case. And I say, Ānanda, that there is no other knowledge superior or more sublime than this knowledge.
"There are, Ānanda, these ten powers of the Truth-finder, endowed with which powers the Truth-finder acknowledges a distinguished position, roars the lion's roar in assemblies, and sets in motion the supreme wheel [of the Teaching]. What are the ten? Here, Ānanda, the Truth-finder understands as it really is the possible as possible and the impossible as impossible. That, Ānanda, the Truth-finder understands as it really is the possible as possible and the impossible as impossible - this, Ānanda, is a power of the Truth-finder, based on which power the Truth-finder acknowledges a distinguished position, roars the lion's roar in assemblies, and sets in motion the supreme wheel [of the Teaching].
"Furthermore, Ānanda, the Truth-finder understands as it really is the result of undertakings of action past, future, and present, with reason and cause. That, Ānanda, etc. this, Ānanda, etc.
"Furthermore, Ānanda, the Truth-finder understands as it really is the practice leading to all destinations. That, Ānanda, etc. this, Ānanda, etc.
"Furthermore, Ānanda, the Truth-finder understands as it really is the world with its many elements and various elements. That, Ānanda, etc. this, Ānanda, etc.
"Furthermore, Ānanda, the Truth-finder understands as it really is the various dispositions of beings. That, Ānanda, etc. this, Ānanda, etc.
"Furthermore, Ānanda, the Truth-finder understands as it really is the superiority and inferiority of the faculties of other beings, of other persons. That, Ānanda, etc. this, Ānanda, etc.
"Furthermore, Ānanda, the Truth-finder understands as it really is the defilement, the cleansing, and the emergence from meditative absorptions, deliverances, concentrations, and attainments. That, Ānanda, etc. this, Ānanda, etc.
"Furthermore, Ānanda, the Truth-finder recollects manifold past lives, as follows - one birth, two births, etc. thus with aspects and terms he recollects manifold past lives. That, Ānanda, etc. this, Ānanda, etc.
"Furthermore, Ānanda, the Truth-finder with the divine eye, which is pure and surpasses the human, etc. he understands beings according to their actions. That, Ānanda, etc. this, Ānanda, etc.
"Furthermore, Ānanda, the Truth-finder, through the elimination of the mental corruptions, realised by his own direct knowledge, in this very life, the liberation of mind and the liberation by wisdom that are free from mental corruptions and, having entered upon them, dwells in them. That, Ānanda, the Truth-finder, with the elimination of the mental corruptions, the liberation of mind that is without mental corruptions, etc. realised... and, having entered upon them, dwells in them. This too, Ānanda, is a power of the Truth-finder, based on which power the Truth-finder acknowledges a distinguished position, roars the lion's roar in assemblies, and sets in motion the supreme wheel [of the Teaching].
"These, Ānanda, are the ten powers of the Truth-finder, endowed with which powers the Truth-finder acknowledges a distinguished position, roars the lion's roar in assemblies, and sets in motion the supreme wheel [of the Teaching]." The second.