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

The Dimension of Infinite Space Ākāsānañcāyatanasutta

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… vuṭṭhitoti vā”ti.

Pañcamaṁ.