Linked Discourses 28.5 1. With Sāriputta The Dimension of Infinite Space (SN28.5)

1.1

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

1.2

Addasā kho āyasmā ānando …pe…

Venerable Ānanda saw Venerable Sāriputta …

1.3

“idhāhaṁ, āvuso, sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā ananto ākāsoti ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharāmi …pe…

“Reverend, going totally beyond perceptions of form, with the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, I entered and remained in the dimension of infinite space. …” …

1.4

vuṭṭhitoti vā”ti.

1.5

Pañcamaṁ.