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Linked Discourses · SN 35.99

  • Linked Discourses 35.99Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.99
  • 10. The Sixes10. Saḷavagga

ImmersionSamādhisutta

“Mendicants, develop immersion.“Samādhiṁ, bhikkhave, bhāvetha. A mendicant who has immersion truly understands.Samāhito, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti. What do they truly understand?Kiñca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti?

They truly understand that the eye is impermanent.‘Cakkhu aniccan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti; They truly understand that sights …‘rūpā aniccā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti; eye consciousness …‘cakkhuviññāṇaṁ aniccan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti; eye contact …‘cakkhusamphasso anicco’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti. the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact is impermanent. …‘Yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti …pe…

They truly understand that the mind is impermanent.‘mano aniccan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti. They truly understand that ideas …Dhammā … mind consciousness …manoviññāṇaṁ … mind contact …manosamphasso … the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact is impermanent.‘yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.

Mendicants, develop immersion.Samādhiṁ, bhikkhave, bhāvetha. A mendicant who has immersion truly understands.”Samāhito, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yathābhūtaṁ pajānātī”ti.

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  2. SN 35.160 On Immersion at Jīvaka’s Mango Grove 0.60near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.160 16. The End of Relishing On Immersion at Jīvaka’s Mango Grove At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in Jīvaka’s Mango Grove. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants: “Mendicants, dev…
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  4. SN 56.2 Retreat 0.59near 0.1Linked Discourses 56.2 1. Immersion Retreat “Mendicants, meditate in retreat. A mendicant in retreat truly understands. What do they truly understand? They truly understand: ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of s…
  5. DN 33 Reciting in Concert 0.57near 0.1It’s when a mendicant, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, enters and remains in the first absorption … second absorption … fourth absorption. This is the way of developing immersio…