• Numbered Discourses 5.113 Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.113
  • 12. At Andhakavinda 12. Andhakavindavagga

Right Immersion Sammāsamādhisutta

“Mendicants, a mendicant who has five qualities can’t enter and remain in right immersion. “Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu abhabbo sammāsamādhiṁ upasampajja viharituṁ. What five? Katamehi pañcahi? It’s when a mendicant can’t endure sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches. Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu akkhamo hoti rūpānaṁ, akkhamo saddānaṁ, akkhamo gandhānaṁ, akkhamo rasānaṁ, akkhamo phoṭṭhabbānaṁ. A mendicant who possesses these five qualities can’t enter and remain in right immersion. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu abhabbo sammāsamādhiṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.

A mendicant who has five qualities can enter and remain in right immersion. Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu bhabbo sammāsamādhiṁ upasampajja viharituṁ. What five? Katamehi pañcahi? It’s when a mendicant can endure sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches. Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu khamo hoti rūpānaṁ, khamo saddānaṁ, khamo gandhānaṁ, khamo rasānaṁ, khamo phoṭṭhabbānaṁ. A mendicant who possesses these five qualities can enter and remain in right immersion.” Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu bhabbo sammāsamādhiṁ upasampajja viharitun”ti.

Tatiyaṁ.