Linked Discourses 35
10. The Sixes
99. 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 conditioned by eye contact is impermanent. … They truly understand that the mind is impermanent. They truly understand that thoughts … mind consciousness … mind contact … the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by mind contact is impermanent. Mendicants, develop immersion. A mendicant who has immersion truly understands.”