{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn40.9/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn40.9","id":"suttacentral_sn40.9","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn40.9/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cThey speak of this thing called the \u2018signless immersion of the heart\u2019. What is the signless immersion of the heart? It occurred to me: \u2018It\u2019s when a mendicant, not focusing on any signs, enters and remains in the signless immersion of the heart. This is called the signless immersion of the heart.\u2019 And so \u2026 I was entering and remaining in the signless immersion of the heart. While I was in that meditation, my consciousness followed after signs. Then the Buddha came up to me with his psychic power and said, \u2018Moggall\u0101na, Moggall\u0101na! Don\u2019t neglect the signless immersion of the heart, brahmin! Settle your mind in the signless immersion of the heart; unify your mind and immerse it in the signless immersion of the heart.\u2019 And so, after some time \u2026 I entered and remained in the signless immersion of the heart. So if anyone should be rightly called a disciple who attained to great direct knowledge with help from the Teacher, it\u2019s me.\u201d","title":"A Question About the Signless","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":164}