SN 28.7 The Dimension of Nothingness – Ākiñcaññāyatanasutta

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SN 28.7 The Dimension of Nothingness – Ākiñcaññāyatanasutta

Linked Discourses 28.7 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 28.7

1. With Sāriputta – 1. Sāriputtavagga

SN 28.7 The Dimension of Nothingness – Ākiñcaññāyatanasutta

 

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Venerable Ānanda saw Venerable Sāriputta …

Atha kho āyasmā sāriputto …pe…

“Reverend, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, I entered and remained in the dimension of nothingness. …” …

“idhāhaṁ, āvuso, sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma, natthi kiñcīti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharāmi …pe…

vuṭṭhitoti vā”ti.