SN 28.8PTS SN 3.2371 min read

The Dimension of Neither Perception Nor Non-Perception

Nevasaññānāsaññāyatanasutta

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 neither perception nor non-perception without any thought of self.

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

0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 28.8Linked Discourses 28.8
0.21. Sāriputtavagga1. With Sāriputta

0.3NevasaññānāsaññāyatanasuttaThe Dimension of Neither Perception Nor Non-Perception

1.1PTS 3.238Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

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

1.3“idhāhaṁ, āvuso, ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharāmi …pe…“Reverend, going totally beyond the dimension of nothingness, I entered and remained in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception. …” …1.4vuṭṭhitoti vā”ti.

1.5Aṭṭhamaṁ.