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sn.35.99 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Concentration

“Bhikkhus, develop concentration. A bhikkhu who is concentrated understands things as they really are.

“And what does he understand as they really are? He understands as it really is: ‘The eye is impermanent.’ He understands as it really is: ‘Forms are impermanent.’… ‘Eye-consciousness is impermanent. ’… ‘Eye-contact is impermanent.’… ‘Whatever feeling arises with eye-contact as condition—whether pleasant or painful or neither-painful-nor-pleasant—that too is impermanent.’…

“He understand as it really is: ‘The mind is impermanent.’… He understand as it really is: ‘Whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition … that too is impermanent.’

“Bhikkhus, develop concentration. A bhikkhu who is concentrated understands things as they really are.”

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh


Immersion

“Mendicants, develop immersion.
A mendicant who has immersion truly understands.
What do they truly understand?
They truly understand that the eye is impermanent.
They truly understand that sights …
eye consciousness …
eye contact …
the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by eye contact is impermanent. …
They truly understand that the mind is impermanent.
They truly understand that thoughts …
mind consciousness …
mind contact …
the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by mind contact is impermanent.
Mendicants, develop immersion.
A mendicant who has immersion truly understands.”