SN.35.99. Samādhisutta ("Immersion")

Saṁyutta Nikāya ("The Linked Discourses")

“Mendicants, develop immersion. A mendicant who has immersion truly understands. What do they truly understand?

They truly understand that the eye is impermanent. They truly understand that sights … eye consciousness … eye contact … the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by eye contact is impermanent. …

They truly understand that the mind is impermanent. They truly understand that thoughts … mind consciousness … mind contact … the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by mind contact is impermanent.

Mendicants, develop immersion. A mendicant who has immersion truly understands.”



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