{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an11.21/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an11.21","id":"suttacentral_an11.21","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an11.21/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"There S\u0101riputta addressed the mendicants: \u201cCould it be, reverends, that a mendicant might gain a state of immersion like this? They wouldn\u2019t perceive earth in earth, water in water, fire in fire, or air in air. And they wouldn\u2019t 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\u2019t perceive this world in this world, or the other world in the other world. And they wouldn\u2019t perceive what is seen, heard, thought, known, attained, sought, or explored by the mind. And yet they would still perceive.\u201d \u201cReverend, we would travel a long way to learn the meaning of this statement in the presence of Venerable S\u0101riputta. May Venerable S\u0101riputta himself please clarify the meaning of this. The mendicants will listen and remember it.\u201d \u201cThen listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.\u201d \u201cYes, reverend,\u201d they replied. S\u0101riputta said this: \u201cA mendicant could gain such a state of immersion.\u201d \u201cBut how could this be?\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s when a mendicant perceives: \u2018This is peaceful; this is sublime\u2014that is, the stilling of all activities, the letting go of all attachments, the ending of craving, fading away, cessation, extinguishment.\u2019 That\u2019s how a mendicant might gain a state of immersion like this. They wouldn\u2019t perceive earth in earth, water in water, fire in fire, or air in air. And they wouldn\u2019t 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\u2019t perceive this world in this world, or the other world in the other world. And they wouldn\u2019t perceive what is seen, heard, thought, known, attained, sought, or explored by the mind. And yet they would still perceive.\u201d","title":"Immersion (4th)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":343}