The "Connected Discourses with Moggallāna" features venerable Mahāmoggallāna recounting his meditative attainments, particularly the formless absorptions. In these discourses, Moggallāna describes how distracting perceptions arose during his practice and how the Buddha appeared by psychic power to encourage him to settle his mind and master each attainment. This collection offers an intimate portrait of one of the Buddha's foremost disciples working through the challenges of deep meditation.