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The Dimension of Infinite Consciousness

SN 28.6 · Viññāṇañcāyatanasutta

A small rain pool reflecting pale clouds on an open grassy plain.

At Sāvatthī.

Venerable Ānanda saw Venerable Sāriputta …

“Reverend, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite space, aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, I entered and remained in the dimension of infinite consciousness. …” …

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