Immersion (SN35.99)

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10. The Sixes

Immersion

“Mendicants, develop immersion.¹

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.”