SN 28.6PTS SN 3.2371 min read

The Dimension of Infinite Consciousness

Viññāṇañcāyatanasutta

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 consciousness without any thought of self.

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

0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 28.6Linked Discourses 28.6
0.21. Sāriputtavagga1. With Sāriputta

0.3ViññāṇañcāyatanasuttaThe Dimension of Infinite Consciousness

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

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

1.3“idhāhaṁ, āvuso, sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma anantaṁ viññāṇanti viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharāmi …pe…“Reverend, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite space, aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, I entered and remained in the dimension of infinite consciousness. …” …1.4vuṭṭhitoti vā”ti.

1.5Chaṭṭhaṁ.