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SN 35.99PTS SN 4.801 min read

Immersion

Samādhisutta

Develop meditative immersion so as to truly understand the process of sense experience.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.99Linked Discourses 35.99
  • 0.210. Saḷavagga10. The Sixes

0.3SamādhisuttaImmersion

1.1“Samādhiṁ, bhikkhave, bhāvetha.“Mendicants, develop immersion.11.2Samāhito, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.A mendicant who has immersion truly understands.1.3Kiñca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti?What do they truly understand?

1.4‘Cakkhu aniccan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti;They truly understand that the eye is impermanent.1.5‘rūpā aniccā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti;They truly understand that sights …1.6‘cakkhuviññāṇaṁ aniccan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti;eye consciousness …1.7‘cakkhusamphasso anicco’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.eye contact …1.8‘Yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti …pe…the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact is impermanent. …

1.9‘mano aniccan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.They truly understand that the mind is impermanent.1.10Dhammā …They truly understand that ideas …1.11manoviññāṇaṁ …mind consciousness …1.12manosamphasso …mind contact …1.13‘yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact is impermanent.

1.14Samādhiṁ, bhikkhave, bhāvetha.Mendicants, develop immersion.1.15Samāhito, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yathābhūtaṁ pajānātī”ti.A mendicant who has immersion truly understands.”

1.16Chaṭṭhaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. For parallels see SN 22.5:1.4 and note. This discourse connects with the previous, which also emphasized the role of immersion in seeing the truth.

    ↩ sn35.99:1.1