• Numbered Discourses 5.27 Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.27
  • 3. With Five Factors 3. Pañcaṅgikavagga

Immersion Samādhisutta

“Mendicants, develop limitless immersion, alert and mindful. “Samādhiṁ, bhikkhave, bhāvetha appamāṇaṁ nipakā patissatā. When you develop limitless immersion, alert and mindful, five knowledges arise for you personally. Samādhiṁ, bhikkhave, bhāvayataṁ appamāṇaṁ nipakānaṁ patissatānaṁ pañca ñāṇāni paccattaññeva uppajjanti. What five? Katamāni pañca?

‘This immersion is blissful now, and results in bliss in the future.’ … ‘Ayaṁ samādhi paccuppannasukho ceva āyatiñca sukhavipāko’ti paccattaññeva ñāṇaṁ uppajjati,

‘This immersion is noble and not of the flesh.’ … ‘ayaṁ samādhi ariyo nirāmiso’ti paccattaññeva ñāṇaṁ uppajjati,

‘This immersion is not cultivated by reprobates.’ … ‘ayaṁ samādhi akāpurisasevito’ti paccattaññeva ñāṇaṁ uppajjati,

‘This immersion is peaceful and sublime and tranquil and unified, not held in place by forceful suppression.’ … ‘ayaṁ samādhi santo paṇīto paṭippassaddhaladdho ekodibhāvādhigato, na sasaṅkhāraniggayhavāritagato’ti paccattaññeva ñāṇaṁ uppajjati,

‘I mindfully enter into and emerge from this immersion.’ … ‘sato kho panāhaṁ imaṁ samāpajjāmi sato vuṭṭhahāmī’ti paccattaññeva ñāṇaṁ uppajjati.

Develop limitless immersion, alert and mindful. Samādhiṁ, bhikkhave, bhāvetha appamāṇaṁ nipakā patissatā. When you develop limitless immersion, alert and mindful, these five knowledges arise for you personally.” Samādhiṁ, bhikkhave, bhāvayataṁ appamāṇaṁ nipakānaṁ patissatānaṁ imāni pañca ñāṇāni paccattaññeva uppajjantī”ti.

Sattamaṁ.