Mahālisutta

Suttapiṭaka · Dīghanikāya · Sīlakkhandhavagga · Vol. 9 · Section 245

[245] Again, further, Mahāli, for a bhikkhu … toward the southern quarter … toward the western quarter … toward the northern quarter … [his] concentration (samādhi) is developed one-sidedly (ekaṃsabhāvita) toward the above, the below, and the across, for the seeing of divine forms — pleasing, connected with sensuality, arousing lust — but not for the hearing of divine sounds — pleasing, connected with sensuality, arousing lust. Since his concentration has been developed one-sidedly toward the above, the below, and the across for the seeing of divine forms — pleasing, connected with sensuality, arousing lust — but not for the hearing of divine sounds — pleasing, connected with sensuality, arousing lust — he sees divine forms above, below, and across — pleasing, connected with sensuality, arousing lust — but does not hear divine sounds — pleasing, connected with sensuality, arousing lust. Why is that? Because, Mahāli, this is how it is for a bhikkhu when concentration has been developed one-sidedly toward the above, the below, and the across for the seeing of divine forms — pleasing, connected with sensuality, arousing lust — but not for the hearing of divine sounds — pleasing, connected with sensuality, arousing lust.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.