“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asaṅkhatagāmimaggo? Suññato samādhi, animitto samādhi, appaṇihito samādhi—ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asaṅkhatagāmimaggo …pe….
Catutthaṁ.
The Buddha teaches mendicants the unconditioned—defined as the ending of greed, hate, and delusion—and declares emptiness immersion to be the path that leads to the unconditioned, urging them to practice absorption without negligence.
SN 43.4 Emptiness Immersion
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, asaṅkhatagāmimaggo?
“And what is the path that leads to the unconditioned?
Suññato samādhi, animitto samādhi, appaṇihito samādhi—ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, asaṅkhatagāmimaggo …pe….
Emptiness immersion; signless immersion; undirected immersion. …”
Catutthaṁ.
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