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The Dimension of Nothingness

Ākiñcaññāyatanasutta

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 nothingness without any thought of self.

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

0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 28.7Linked Discourses 28.7
0.21. Sāriputtavagga1. With Sāriputta

0.3ĀkiñcaññāyatanasuttaThe Dimension of Nothingness

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Atha kho āyasmā sāriputto …pe…Venerable Ānanda saw Venerable Sāriputta …

1.3“idhāhaṁ, āvuso, sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma, natthi kiñcīti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharāmi …pe…“Reverend, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, I entered and remained in the dimension of nothingness. …” …1.4vuṭṭhitoti vā”ti.

1.5Sattamaṁ.