AN 4:77 · Inconceivable (Acintita Sutta)
“There are these four inconceivables that are not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about them. Which four?
“The Buddha-range of the Buddhas [i.e., the range of powers a Buddha develops as a result of becoming a Buddha] is an inconceivable that is not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about it.
“The jhāna-range of a person in jhāna [i.e, the range of powers that one may obtain while absorbed in jhāna].…
“The [precise working out of the] results of kamma.…
“Conjecture about [the origin, etc., of] the world is an inconceivable that is not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about it.
“These are the four inconceivables that are not to be conjectured about, that would bring madness & vexation to anyone who conjectured about them.”
Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 licence, for free distribution only. Source: dhammatalks.org (Metta Forest Monastery).
