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Meditation on Universals

Kasiṇasutta

Ten universal dimensions of meditation, or kasiṇas.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.25Numbered Discourses 10.25
  • 0.23. Mahāvagga3. The Great Chapter

0.3KasiṇasuttaMeditation on Universals

1.1PTS 5.46“Dasayimāni, bhikkhave, kasiṇāyatanāni.“Mendicants, there are these ten universal dimensions of meditation.1.2Katamāni dasa?What ten?1.3Pathavīkasiṇameko sañjānāti uddhaṁ adho tiriyaṁ advayaṁ appamāṇaṁ;Someone perceives the meditation on universal earth above, below, across, undivided and limitless.1.4āpokasiṇameko sañjānāti …pe…They perceive the meditation on universal water …1.5tejokasiṇameko sañjānāti …the meditation on universal fire …1.6vāyokasiṇameko sañjānāti …the meditation on universal air …1.7nīlakasiṇameko sañjānāti …the meditation on universal blue …1.8pītakasiṇameko sañjānāti …the meditation on universal yellow …1.9lohitakasiṇameko sañjānāti …the meditation on universal red …1.10odātakasiṇameko sañjānāti …the meditation on universal white …1.11ākāsakasiṇameko sañjānāti …the meditation on universal space …1.12viññāṇakasiṇameko sañjānāti uddhaṁ adho tiriyaṁ advayaṁ appamāṇaṁ.They perceive the meditation on universal consciousness above, below, across, undivided and limitless.1.13Imāni kho, bhikkhave, dasa kasiṇāyatanānī”ti.These are the ten universal dimensions of meditation.”

1.14Pañcamaṁ.