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Linked Discourses · SN 28.5

  • Linked Discourses 28.5Saṁyutta Nikāya 28.5
  • 1. With Sāriputta1. Sāriputtavagga

The Dimension of Infinite SpaceĀkāsānañcāyatanasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Venerable Ānanda saw Venerable Sāriputta …Addasā kho āyasmā ānando …pe…

“Reverend, going totally beyond perceptions of form, with the disappearance 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…

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. SN 28.6 The Dimension of Infinite Consciousness 0.86near 0.1Linked Discourses 28.6 1. With Sāriputta The Dimension of Infinite Consciousness At Sāvatthī. Venerable Ānanda saw Venerable Sāriputta … “Reverend, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite space, aware that ‘consci…
  2. SN 28.7 The Dimension of Nothingness 0.72near 0.1Linked Discourses 28.7 1. With Sāriputta The Dimension of Nothingness At Sāvatthī. Venerable Ānanda saw Venerable Sāriputta … “Reverend, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that ‘there is…
  3. SN 28.8 The Dimension of Neither Perception Nor Non-Perception 0.70near 0.1Linked Discourses 28.8 1. With Sāriputta The Dimension of Neither Perception Nor Non-Perception At Sāvatthī. Venerable Ānanda saw Venerable Sāriputta … “Reverend, going totally beyond the dimension of nothingness, I ente…
  4. SN 40.5 A Question About the Dimension of Infinite Space 0.55near 0.1Linked Discourses 40.5 1. By Moggallāna A Question About the Dimension of Infinite Space “They speak of this thing called the ‘dimension of infinite space’. What is the dimension of infinite space? It occurred to me: ‘It…
  5. AN 10.7 Sāriputta 0.53near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.7 1. Benefits Sāriputta Then Venerable Ānanda went up to Venerable Sāriputta, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and sai…