Buddham Dhammam

Avitakkasutta

SN 28.2

Without Placing the Mind

Sāriputta goes to Mirkwood for meditation, and afterwards Ānanda asks why his face is so radiant. Sāriputta replies that he was practicing second absorption without any thought of self.

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Pītisutta

SN 28.3

Rapture

Sāriputta goes to Mirkwood for meditation, and afterwards Ānanda asks why his face is so radiant. Sāriputta replies that he was practicing third absorption without any thought of self.

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Upekkhāsutta

SN 28.4

Equanimity

Sāriputta goes to Mirkwood for meditation, and afterwards Ānanda asks why his face is so radiant. Sāriputta replies that he was practicing fourth absorption without any thought of self.

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Ākāsānañcāyatanasutta

SN 28.5

The Dimension of Infinite Space

Sāriputta goes to Mirkwood for meditation, and afterwards Ānanda asks why his face is so radiant. Sāriputta replies that he was practicing the dimension of infinite space without any thought of self.

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Viññāṇañcāyatanasutta

SN 28.6

The Dimension of Infinite Consciousness

Sāriputta goes to Mirkwood for meditation, and afterwards Ānanda asks why his face is so radiant. Sāriputta replies that he was practicing the dimension of infinite consciousness without any thought of self.

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Ākiñcaññāyatanasutta

SN 28.7

The Dimension of Nothingness

Sāriputta goes to Mirkwood for meditation, and afterwards Ānanda asks why his face is so radiant. Sāriputta replies that he was practicing the dimension of nothingness without any thought of self.

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Nevasaññānāsaññāyatanasutta

SN 28.8

The Dimension of Neither Perception Nor Non-Perception

Sāriputta goes to Mirkwood for meditation, and afterwards Ānanda asks why his face is so radiant. Sāriputta replies that he was practicing the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception without any thought of self.

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Nirodhasamāpattisutta

SN 28.9

The Attainment of Cessation

Sāriputta goes to Mirkwood for meditation, and afterwards Ānanda asks why his face is so radiant. Sāriputta replies that he was practicing the attainment of cessation without any thought of self.

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Sucimukhīsutta

SN 28.10

With Sucimukhī

Sāriputta encountered a female wanderer named Sucimukhī, who asks him a series of enigmatic questions regarding what direction he faces when eating. Sāriputta denies all of them, explaining that they are various kinds of wrong...

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