Linked Discourses 35.99
- The Sixes
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 dependent on eye contact is impermanent. …
They truly understand that the mind is impermanent.
They truly understand that ideas …
mind consciousness …
mind contact …
the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact is impermanent.
Mendicants, develop immersion.
A mendicant who has immersion truly understands.”