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Immersion Samādhisutta

At Sāvatthī. Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

ā€œMendicants, I will teach you noble right immersion with its vital conditions and its prerequisites. ā€œAriyaṁ vo, bhikkhave, sammāsamādhiṁ desessāmi saupanisaṁ saparikkhāraṁ. Listen … Taṁ suṇātha.

And what is noble right immersion with its vital conditions and its prerequisites? Katamo ca, bhikkhave, ariyo sammāsamādhi saupaniso saparikkhāro? There are right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, and right mindfulness. Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiį¹­į¹­hi …pe… sammāsati.

Unification of mind with these seven factors as prerequisites is called noble right immersion ā€˜with its vital conditions’ and ā€˜with its prerequisites’.ā€ Yā kho, bhikkhave, imehi sattahaį¹…gehi cittassa ekaggatā saparikkhāratā—ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ariyo sammāsamādhi saupaniso itipi saparikkhāro itipÄ«ā€ti.

Aṭṭhamaṁ.