Vattasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Sattakanipāta · Aṭṭhakanipāta · Navakanipāta · Vol. 23 · Section 203

[203] Bhikkhus, for the direct knowledge (abhiññā) of lust (rāga), eight dhammas should be developed. What eight? Possessing form, one sees forms. Not percipient of form internally, one sees forms externally. One is resolved only upon the beautiful. With the complete transcending of perceptions of form, with the passing away of perceptions of sensory impingement, with non-attention to perceptions of diversity, [aware that] "space is infinite," one enters and dwells in the base of the infinity of space (ākāsānañcāyatana). With the complete transcending of the base of the infinity of space, [aware that] "consciousness is infinite," one enters and dwells in the base of the infinity of consciousness (viññāṇañcāyatana). With the complete transcending of the base of the infinity of consciousness, [aware that] "there is nothing," one enters and dwells in the base of nothingness (ākiñcaññāyatana). With the complete transcending of the base of nothingness, one enters and dwells in the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatana). With the complete transcending of the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, one enters and dwells in the cessation of perception and feeling (saññāvedayitanirodha). Bhikkhus, for the direct knowledge of lust, these eight dhammas should be developed.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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