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Numbered Discourses · AN 10.25

  • Numbered Discourses 10.25Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.25
  • 3. The Great Chapter3. Mahāvagga

Meditation on UniversalsKasiṇasutta

“Mendicants, there are these ten universal dimensions of meditation.“Dasayimāni, bhikkhave, kasiṇāyatanāni. What ten?Katamāni dasa? Someone perceives the meditation on universal earth above, below, across, undivided and limitless.Pathavīkasiṇameko sañjānāti uddhaṁ adho tiriyaṁ advayaṁ appamāṇaṁ; They perceive the meditation on universal water …āpokasiṇameko sañjānāti …pe… the meditation on universal fire …tejokasiṇameko sañjānāti … the meditation on universal air …vāyokasiṇameko sañjānāti … the meditation on universal blue …nīlakasiṇameko sañjānāti … the meditation on universal yellow …pītakasiṇameko sañjānāti … the meditation on universal red …lohitakasiṇameko sañjānāti … the meditation on universal white …odātakasiṇameko sañjānāti … the meditation on universal space …ākāsakasiṇameko sañjānāti … They perceive the meditation on universal consciousness above, below, across, undivided and limitless.viññāṇakasiṇameko sañjānāti uddhaṁ adho tiriyaṁ advayaṁ appamāṇaṁ. These are the ten universal dimensions of meditation.”Imāni kho, bhikkhave, dasa kasiṇāyatanānī”ti.

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  1. AN 10.29 Kosala (1st) 0.60near 0.1The best of these ten universal dimensions of meditation is when someone perceives the meditation on universal consciousness above, below, across, undivided and limitless. Some sentient beings perceive like this. But eve…
  2. DN 33 Reciting in Concert 0.57near 0.1the meditation on universal fire … the meditation on universal air … the meditation on universal blue … the meditation on universal yellow … the meditation on universal red … the meditation on universal white … the medit…
  3. AN 1.394–574 Another Chapter on a Finger-Snap 0.56near 0.1the meditation on universal water … the meditation on universal fire … the meditation on universal air … the meditation on universal blue … the meditation on universal yellow … the meditation on universal red … the medit…
  4. MN 77 The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī 0.56near 0.1This is the seventh dimension of mastery. Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally that are white, with white color and white appearance. They’re like the morning star that’s white, with white color…