{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn22.5/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn22.5","id":"suttacentral_sn22.5","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.5/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, develop immersion. A mendicant who has immersion truly understands. What do they truly understand? The origin and ending of form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness. And what is the origin of form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness? It\u2019s when a mendicant approves, welcomes, and keeps clinging. What do they approve, welcome, and keep clinging to? They approve, welcome, and keep clinging to form. This gives rise to relishing. Relishing forms is grasping. Their grasping is a requirement for continued existence. Continued existence is a requirement for rebirth. Rebirth is a requirement for old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress to come to be. That is how this entire mass of suffering originates. They approve, welcome, and keep clinging to feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness. This gives rise to relishing. Relishing consciousness is grasping. Their grasping is a requirement for continued existence. Continued existence is a requirement for rebirth. Rebirth is a condition that gives rise to old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress. That is how this entire mass of suffering originates. This is the origin of form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness. And what is the ending of form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness? It\u2019s when a mendicant doesn\u2019t approve, welcome, or keep clinging. What don\u2019t they approve, welcome, or keep clinging to? They don\u2019t approve, welcome, or keep clinging to form. As a result, relishing of form ceases. When that relishing ceases, grasping ceases. When grasping ceases, continued existence ceases. \u2026 That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases. They don\u2019t approve, welcome, or keep clinging to feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness. As a result, relishing of consciousness ceases. When that relishing ceases, grasping ceases. \u2026 That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases. This is the ending of form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness.\u201d","title":"Development of Immersion","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":316}