AN 10.25 Meditation on Universals – Kasiṇasutta

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AN 10.25 Meditation on Universals – Kasiṇasutta

Numbered Discourses 10.25 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.25

3. The Great Chapter – 3. Mahāvagga

AN 10.25 Meditation on Universals – Kasiṇasutta

 

1.1

Bhikkhū, there are these ten universal dimensions of meditation.

“Dasayimāni, bhikkhave, kasiṇāyatanāni.

1.2

What ten?

Katamāni dasa?

1.3

Someone perceives the meditation on universal earth above, below, across, non-dual and limitless.

Pathavīkasiṇameko sañjānāti uddhaṁ adho tiriyaṁ advayaṁ appamāṇaṁ;

1.4

They perceive the meditation on universal water …

āpokasiṇameko sañjānāti …pe…

1.5

the meditation on universal fire …

tejokasiṇameko sañjānāti …

1.6

the meditation on universal air …

vāyokasiṇameko sañjānāti …

1.7

the meditation on universal blue …

nīlakasiṇameko sañjānāti …

1.8

the meditation on universal yellow …

pītakasiṇameko sañjānāti …

1.9

the meditation on universal red …

lohitakasiṇameko sañjānāti …

1.10

the meditation on universal white …

odātakasiṇameko sañjānāti …

1.11

the meditation on universal space …

ākāsakasiṇameko sañjānāti …

1.12

They perceive the meditation on universal consciousness above, below, across, non-dual and limitless.

viññāṇakasiṇameko sañjānāti uddhaṁ adho tiriyaṁ advayaṁ appamāṇaṁ.

1.13

These are the ten universal dimensions of meditation.”

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, dasa kasiṇāyatanānī”ti.

1.14

Pañcamaṁ.