{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn28.9/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn28.9","id":"suttacentral_sn28.9","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn28.9/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Venerable \u0100nanda saw Venerable S\u0101riputta \u2026 \u201cReverend, going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, I entered and remained in the cessation of perception and feeling. But it didn\u2019t occur to me: \u2018I am entering the cessation of perception and feeling\u2019 or \u2018I have entered the cessation of perception and feeling\u2019 or \u2018I am emerging from the cessation of perception and feeling\u2019.\u201d \u201cThat must be because Venerable S\u0101riputta has long ago totally eradicated I-making, mine-making, and the underlying tendency to conceit. That\u2019s why it didn\u2019t occur to you: \u2018I am entering the cessation of perception and feeling\u2019 or \u2018I have entered the cessation of perception and feeling\u2019 or \u2018I am emerging from the cessation of perception and feeling\u2019.\u201d","title":"The Attainment of Cessation","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":122}