AN 6.70 · Khotbah tentang Konsentrasi

Kenali dunia dalam sutta ini

Sutta ini menyajikan sebuah pernyataan tegas tentang pentingnya konsentrasi dalam jalan spiritual. Perhatikan bagaimana Sang Buddha menyusun ajarannya dalam dua bagian yang berlawanan: pertama tentang ketidakmungkinan tanpa konsentrasi yang memadai, kemudian tentang kemungkinan dengan konsentrasi yang memadai.

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Sinopsis singkat

Dalam khotbah ini, Sang Buddha menegaskan bahwa tanpa konsentrasi yang tenang, luhur, tenteram, dan menyatu, seorang bhikkhu tidak mungkin mencapai berbagai kekuatan batin, telinga dewa, kemampuan membaca pikiran makhluk lain, mengingat kehidupan lampau, mata dewa, hingga kebebasan sejati dari kekotoran batin. Sebaliknya, dengan konsentrasi yang memenuhi kualitas-kualitas tersebut, semua pencapaian itu menjadi mungkin. Khotbah ini menekankan konsentrasi sebagai fondasi mutlak bagi pencapaian spiritual tertinggi.

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BAGIAN 1

an6.70:1.1 “Mendicants, it is quite impossible that a mendicant without immersion that is peaceful, refined, tranquil, and unified will wield the many kinds of psychic power: multiplying themselves and becoming one again; materializing and dematerializing; going unobstructed through a wall, a rampart, or a mountain as if through space; diving in and out of the earth as if it were water; walking on water as if it were earth; flying cross-legged through the sky like a bird; touching and stroking with the hand the sun and moon, so mighty and powerful. They control the body as far as the realm of divinity.

an6.70:1.2 It’s impossible that with clairaudience that is purified and superhuman, they’ll hear both kinds of sounds, human and heavenly, whether near or far.

an6.70:1.3 It’s impossible that they’ll understand the minds of other beings and individuals, having encompassed them with their own mind,

an6.70:1.4 understanding mind with greed as ‘mind with greed’ …

an6.70:1.5 and freed mind as ‘freed mind’.

an6.70:1.6 It’s impossible that they’ll recollect many kinds of past lives, with features and details.

an6.70:1.7 It’s impossible that with clairvoyance that is purified and surpasses the human, they’ll understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds.

an6.70:1.8 It’s impossible that they’ll realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.