SN 28.5 The Dimension of Infinite Space – Ākāsānañcāyatanasutta

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SN 28.5 The Dimension of Infinite Space – Ākāsānañcāyatanasutta

Linked Discourses 28.5 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 28.5

1. With Sāriputta – 1. Sāriputtavagga

SN 28.5 The Dimension of Infinite Space – Ākāsānañcāyatanasutta

 

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Venerable Ānanda saw Venerable Sāriputta …

Addasā kho āyasmā ānando …pe…

“Reverend, going totally beyond perceptions of form, with the ending of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, I entered and remained in the dimension of infinite space. …” …

“idhāhaṁ, āvuso, sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā ananto ākāsoti ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharāmi …pe…

vuṭṭhitoti vā”ti.