Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.25 — 3. Mahāvagga — Kasiṇasutta

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Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.25
Numbered Discourses 10.25
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3. Mahāvagga
3. The Great Chapter
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Kasiṇasutta
Meditation on Universals
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“Dasayimāni, bhikkhave, kasiṇāyatanāni.
“Mendicants, there are these ten universal dimensions of meditation.
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Katamāni dasa?
What ten?
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Pathavīkasiṇameko sañjānāti uddhaṁ adho tiriyaṁ advayaṁ appamāṇaṁ;
Someone perceives the meditation on universal earth above, below, across, undivided and limitless.
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āpokasiṇameko sañjānāti …pe…
They perceive the meditation on universal water …
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tejokasiṇameko sañjānāti …
the meditation on universal fire …
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vāyokasiṇameko sañjānāti …
the meditation on universal air …
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nīlakasiṇameko sañjānāti …
the meditation on universal blue …
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pītakasiṇameko sañjānāti …
the meditation on universal yellow …
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lohitakasiṇameko sañjānāti …
the meditation on universal red …
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odātakasiṇameko sañjānāti …
the meditation on universal white …
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ākāsakasiṇameko sañjānāti …
the meditation on universal space …
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viññāṇakasiṇameko sañjānāti uddhaṁ adho tiriyaṁ advayaṁ appamāṇaṁ.
They perceive the meditation on universal consciousness above, below, across, undivided and limitless.
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Imāni kho, bhikkhave, dasa kasiṇāyatanānī”ti.
These are the ten universal dimensions of meditation.”
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Pañcamaṁ.

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