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Numbered Discourses · AN 5.113

  • Numbered Discourses 5.113Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.113
  • 12. At Andhakavinda12. Andhakavindavagga

Right ImmersionSammāsamādhisutta

“Mendicants, a mendicant who has five qualities can’t enter and remain in right immersion.“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu abhabbo sammāsamādhiṁ upasampajja viharituṁ. What five?Katamehi pañcahi? It’s when a mendicant can’t endure sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu akkhamo hoti rūpānaṁ, akkhamo saddānaṁ, akkhamo gandhānaṁ, akkhamo rasānaṁ, akkhamo phoṭṭhabbānaṁ. A mendicant who possesses these five qualities can’t enter and remain in right immersion.Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu abhabbo sammāsamādhiṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.

A mendicant who has five qualities can enter and remain in right immersion.Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu bhabbo sammāsamādhiṁ upasampajja viharituṁ. What five?Katamehi pañcahi? It’s when a mendicant can endure sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu khamo hoti rūpānaṁ, khamo saddānaṁ, khamo gandhānaṁ, khamo rasānaṁ, khamo phoṭṭhabbānaṁ. A mendicant who possesses these five qualities can enter and remain in right immersion.”Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu bhabbo sammāsamādhiṁ upasampajja viharitun”ti.

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