The Dimension of Infinite Space

Ākāsānañcāyatanasutta

Sāriputta goes to Mirkwood for meditation, and afterwards Ānanda asks why his face is so radiant. Sāriputta replies that he was practicing the dimension of infinite space without any thought of self.

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0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 28.5Linked Discourses 28.5
0.21. Sāriputtavagga1. With Sāriputta

0.3ĀkāsānañcāyatanasuttaThe Dimension of Infinite Space

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Addasā kho āyasmā ānando …pe…Venerable Ānanda saw Venerable Sāriputta …

1.3“idhāhaṁ, āvuso, sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā ananto ākāsoti ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharāmi …pe…“Reverend, going totally beyond perceptions of form, with the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, I entered and remained in the dimension of infinite space. …” …1.4vuṭṭhitoti vā”ti.

1.5Pañcamaṁ.