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SN 45.28PTS SN 5.211 min read

Immersion

Samādhisutta

The eightfold path is the necessary prerequisite for right immersion (samādhi).

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.28Linked Discourses 45.28
  • 0.23. Micchattavagga3. The Wrong Way

0.3SamādhisuttaImmersion

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Ariyaṁ vo, bhikkhave, sammāsamādhiṁ desessāmi saupanisaṁ saparikkhāraṁ.“Mendicants, I will teach you noble right immersion with its vital conditions and its prerequisites.11.3Taṁ suṇātha.Listen …

1.4Katamo ca, bhikkhave, ariyo sammāsamādhi saupaniso saparikkhāro?And what is noble right immersion with its vital conditions and its prerequisites?1.5Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsati.There are right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, and right mindfulness.

1.6Yā kho, bhikkhave, imehi sattahaṅgehi cittassa ekaggatā saparikkhāratā—Unification of mind with these seven factors as prerequisites1.7ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ariyo sammāsamādhi saupaniso itipi saparikkhāro itipī”ti.is called noble right immersion ‘with its vital conditions’ and also ‘with its prerequisites’.”

1.8Aṭṭhamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. This teaching is repeated and expanded at MN 117. Also see AN 7.45, and for “vital conditions”, SN 12.23.

    ↩ sn45.28:1.2