{"id":"an11.21","title":"Immersion (4th)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an11.21","title":"Immersion (4th)","units":[{"id":"an11.21:0","sourceIds":["an11.21:0.1","an11.21:0.2","an11.21:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 11.21\n2. Anussativagga\nCatutthasamādhisutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 11.21\n2. Recollection\nImmersion (4th)"}},{"id":"an11.21:1","sourceIds":["an11.21:1.1","an11.21:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatra kho āyasmā sāriputto bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“siyā nu kho, āvuso, bhikkhuno tathārūpo samādhipaṭilābho yathā neva pathaviyaṁ pathavisaññī assa, na āpasmiṁ āposaññī assa, na tejasmiṁ tejosaññī assa, na vāyasmiṁ vāyosaññī assa, na ākāsānañcāyatane ākāsānañcāyatanasaññī assa, na viññāṇañcāyatane viññāṇañcāyatanasaññī assa, na ākiñcaññāyatane ākiñcaññāyatanasaññī assa, na nevasaññānāsaññāyatane nevasaññānāsaññāyatanasaññī assa, na idhaloke idhalokasaññī assa, na paraloke paralokasaññī assa, yampidaṁ diṭṭhaṁ sutaṁ mutaṁ viññātaṁ pattaṁ pariyesitaṁ anuvicaritaṁ manasā tatrāpi na saññī assa; saññī ca pana assā”ti?","en":"There Sāriputta addressed the mendicants:\n“Could it be, reverends, that a mendicant might gain a state of immersion like this? They wouldn’t perceive earth in earth, water in water, fire in fire, or air in air. And they wouldn’t perceive the dimension of infinite space in the dimension of infinite space, the dimension of infinite consciousness in the dimension of infinite consciousness, the dimension of nothingness in the dimension of nothingness, or the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception. They wouldn’t perceive this world in this world, or the other world in the other world. And they wouldn’t perceive what is seen, heard, thought, known, attained, sought, or explored by the mind. And yet they would still perceive.”"}},{"id":"an11.21:2","sourceIds":["an11.21:2.1","an11.21:2.2","an11.21:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dūratopi kho mayaṁ, āvuso, āgaccheyyāma āyasmato sāriputtassa santike etassa bhāsitassa atthamaññātuṁ.\nSādhu vatāyasmantaṁyeva sāriputtaṁ paṭibhātu etassa bhāsitassa attho.\nĀyasmato sāriputtassa sutvā bhikkhū dhāressantī”ti.","en":"“Reverend, we would travel a long way to learn the meaning of this statement in the presence of Venerable Sāriputta.\nMay Venerable Sāriputta himself please clarify the meaning of this.\nThe mendicants will listen and remember it.”"}},{"id":"an11.21:3","sourceIds":["an11.21:3.1","an11.21:3.2","an11.21:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tenahāvuso, suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha; bhāsissāmī”ti.\n“Evamāvuso”ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato sāriputtassa paccassosuṁ.\nĀyasmā sāriputto etadavoca:","en":"“Then listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”\n“Yes, reverend,” they replied.\nSāriputta said this:"}},{"id":"an11.21:4","sourceIds":["an11.21:4.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Siyā, āvuso, bhikkhuno tathārūpo samādhipaṭilābho yathā neva pathaviyaṁ pathavisaññī assa …pe… yampidaṁ diṭṭhaṁ sutaṁ mutaṁ viññātaṁ pattaṁ pariyesitaṁ anuvicaritaṁ manasā tatrāpi na saññī assa; saññī ca pana assā”ti.","en":"“A mendicant could gain such a state of immersion.”"}},{"id":"an11.21:5","sourceIds":["an11.21:5.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yathā kathaṁ panāvuso, siyā bhikkhuno tathārūpo samādhipaṭilābho yathā neva pathaviyaṁ pathavisaññī assa …pe… yampidaṁ diṭṭhaṁ sutaṁ mutaṁ viññātaṁ pattaṁ pariyesitaṁ anuvicaritaṁ manasā tatrāpi na saññī assa; saññī ca pana assā”ti?","en":"“But how could this be?”"}},{"id":"an11.21:6","sourceIds":["an11.21:6.1","an11.21:6.2","an11.21:6.3","an11.21:6.4","an11.21:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Idha, āvuso, bhikkhu evaṁsaññī hoti:\n‘etaṁ santaṁ etaṁ paṇītaṁ, yadidaṁ sabbasaṅkhārasamatho sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggo taṇhākkhayo virāgo nirodho nibbānan’ti.\nEvaṁ kho, āvuso, siyā bhikkhuno tathārūpo samādhipaṭilābho yathā neva pathaviyaṁ pathavisaññī assa, na āpasmiṁ āposaññī assa, na tejasmiṁ tejosaññī assa, na vāyasmiṁ vāyosaññī assa, na ākāsānañcāyatane ākāsānañcāyatanasaññī assa, na viññāṇañcāyatane viññāṇañcāyatanasaññī assa, na ākiñcaññāyatane ākiñcaññāyatanasaññī assa, na nevasaññānāsaññāyatane nevasaññānāsaññāyatanasaññī assa, na idhaloke idhalokasaññī assa, na paraloke paralokasaññī assa, yampidaṁ diṭṭhaṁ sutaṁ mutaṁ viññātaṁ pattaṁ pariyesitaṁ anuvicaritaṁ manasā tatrāpi na saññī assa; saññī ca pana assā”ti.\nEkādasamaṁ.\nAnussativaggo dutiyo.","en":"“It’s when a mendicant perceives:\n‘This is peaceful; this is sublime—that is, the stilling of all activities, the letting go of all attachments, the ending of craving, fading away, cessation, extinguishment.’\nThat’s how a mendicant might gain a state of immersion like this. They wouldn’t perceive earth in earth, water in water, fire in fire, or air in air. And they wouldn’t perceive the dimension of infinite space in the dimension of infinite space, the dimension of infinite consciousness in the dimension of infinite consciousness, the dimension of nothingness in the dimension of nothingness, or the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception. They wouldn’t perceive this world in this world, or the other world in the other world. And they wouldn’t perceive what is seen, heard, thought, known, attained, sought, or explored by the mind. And yet they would still perceive.”"}},{"id":"an11.21:7","sourceIds":["an11.21:7.0","an11.21:7.1","an11.21:7.2","an11.21:7.3","an11.21:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nDve vuttā mahānāmena,\nnandiyena subhūtinā;\nMettā aṭṭhako gopālo,\ncattāro ca samādhināti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an11.21/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}