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an.5.113 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Right Immersion

“Mendicants, a mendicant who has five qualities can’t enter and remain in right immersion.
What five?
It’s when a mendicant can’t endure sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches.
A mendicant who has these five qualities can’t enter and remain in right immersion.
A mendicant who has five qualities can enter and remain in right immersion.
What five?
It’s when a mendicant can endure sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches.
A mendicant who has these five qualities can enter and remain in right immersion.”