• Linked Discourses 28.7 Saṁyutta Nikāya 28.7
  • 1. With Sāriputta 1. Sāriputtavagga

The Dimension of Nothingness Ākiñcaññāyatanasutta

At Sāvatthī. Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Venerable Ānanda saw Venerable Sāriputta … Atha kho āyasmā sāriputto …pe…

“Reverend, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, I entered and remained in the dimension of nothingness. …” … “idhāhaṁ, āvuso, sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma, natthi kiñcīti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharāmi …pe… vuṭṭhitoti vā”ti.

Sattamaṁ.