[523] Animitto cetosamādhi animitto cetosamādhīti vuccati katamo nu kho animitto cetosamādhīti . tassa mayhaṃ āvuso etadahosi idha bhikkhu sabbanimittānaṃ amanasikārā animittaṃ cetosamādhiṃ upasampajja viharati ayaṃ vuccati animitto cetosamādhīti . So khvāhaṃ āvuso sabbanimittānaṃ amanasikārā animittaṃ cetosamādhiṃ upasampajja viharāmi . tassa mayhaṃ āvuso iminā vihārena viharato nimittānusāriviññāṇaṃ hoti. {523.1} Atha kho maṃ āvuso bhagavā iddhiyā upasaṅkamitvā etadavoca moggallāna moggallāna mā brāhmaṇa animittaṃ cetosamādhiṃ pamādo animitte cetosamādhismiṃ cittaṃ saṇṭhapehi animitte cetosamādhismiṃ cittaṃ ekodiṃ karohi animitte cetosamādhismiṃ cittaṃ samādahāti . so khvāhaṃ āvuso aparena samayena sabbanimittānaṃ amanasikārā animittaṃ cetosamādhiṃ upasampajja vihāsiṃ . Yaṃ hi taṃ āvuso sammā vadamāno vadeyya satthārānuggahito sāvako mahābhiññataṃ pattoti . mamaṃ taṃ sammā vadamāno vadeyya satthārānuggahito sāvako mahābhiññataṃ pattoti.
[524] Atha kho āyasmā mahāmoggallāno seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso sammiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ sammiñjeyya evameva jetavane antarahito devesu tāvatiṃsesu pāturahosi . atha kho sakko devānamindo pañcahi devatāsatehi Saddhiṃ yenāyasmā mahāmoggallāno tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṃ mahāmoggallānaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi . Ekamantaṃ ṭhitaṃ kho sakkaṃ devānamindaṃ āyasmā mahāmoggallāno etadavoca sādhu kho devānaminda buddhasaraṇagamanaṃ hoti. Buddhasaraṇagamanahetu kho devānaminda evamidhekacce sattā kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjanti . sādhu kho devānaminda dhammasaraṇagamanaṃ hoti . dhammasaraṇagamanahetu kho devānaminda evamidhekacce sattā kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjanti. {524.1} Sādhu kho devānaminda saṅghasaraṇagamanaṃ hoti . Saṅghasaraṇagamanahetu kho devānaminda evamidhekacce sattā kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjantīti . sādhu kho mārisa moggallāna buddhasaraṇagamanaṃ hoti . buddhasaraṇagamanahetu kho mārisa moggallāna evamidhekacce sattā kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjanti . sādhu kho mārisa moggallāna dhammasaraṇagamanaṃ hoti . dhammasaraṇagamanahetu kho mārisa moggallāna evamidhekacce sattā kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjanti . sādhu kho mārisa moggallāna saṅghasaraṇagamanaṃ .pe. Sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjantīti.