Formless States (aka Immaterial States)
("formless states" or "dimension of infinite space" or "dimension of infinite consciousness" or
"dimension of nothingness" or "dimension of neither perception nor non-perception")

107 Suttas

DN 1  The Divine Net  Brahmajālasutta
DN 9  With Poṭṭhapāda  Poṭṭhapādasutta
DN 15  The Great Discourse on Causation  Mahānidānasutta
DN 16  The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment  Mahāparinibbānasutta
DN 33  Reciting in Concert  Saṅgītisutta
DN 34  Up to Ten  Dasuttarasutta
MN 1  The Root of All Things  Mūlapariyāyasutta
MN 8  Self-Effacement  Sallekhasutta
MN 25  Sowing  Nivāpasutta
MN 26  The Noble Quest  Pāsarāsisutta
MN 30  The Shorter Simile of the Heartwood  Cūḷasāropamasutta
MN 31  The Shorter Discourse at Gosiṅga  Cūḷagosiṅgasutta
MN 36  The Longer Discourse With Saccaka  Mahāsaccakasutta
MN 41  The People of Sālā  Sāleyyakasutta
MN 43  The Great Elaboration  Mahāvedallasutta
MN 52  The Wealthy Citizen  Aṭṭhakanāgarasutta
MN 59  The Many Kinds of Feeling  Bahuvedanīyasutta
MN 60  Unfailing  Apaṇṇakasutta
MN 64  The Longer Discourse With Māluṅkya  Mahāmālukyasutta
MN 66  The Simile of the Quail  Laṭukikopamasutta
MN 77  The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī  Mahāsakuludāyisutta
MN 85  With Prince Bodhi  Bodhirājakumārasutta
MN 100  With Saṅgārava  Saṅgāravasutta
MN 102  The Five and Three  Pañcattayasutta
MN 105  With Sunakkhatta  Sunakkhattasutta
MN 106  Conducive to the Imperturbable  Āneñjasappāyasutta
MN 111  One by One  Anupadasutta
MN 113  A True Person  Sappurisasutta
MN 120  Rebirth by Choice  Saṅkhārupapattisutta
MN 121  The Shorter Discourse on Emptiness  Cūḷasuññatasutta
MN 137  The Analysis of the Six Sense Fields  Saḷāyatanavibhaṅgasutta
MN 140  The Analysis of the Elements  Dhātuvibhaṅgasutta
MN 143  Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika  Anāthapiṇḍikovādasutta
SN 6.15  Final Extinguishment  Parinibbānasutta
SN 14.11  Seven Elements  Sattadhātusutta
SN 16.9  Absorptions and Insights  Jhānābhiññasutta
SN 28.5  The Dimension of Infinite Space  Ākāsānañcāyatanasutta
SN 28.6  The Dimension of Infinite Consciousness  Viññāṇañcāyatanasutta
SN 28.7  The Dimension of Nothingness  Ākiñcaññāyatanasutta
SN 28.8  The Dimension of Neither Perception Nor Non-Perception  Nevasaññānāsaññāyatanasutta
SN 28.9  The Attainment of Cessation  Nirodhasamāpattisutta
SN 36.11  In Private  Rahogatasutta
SN 36.15  With Ānanda (1st)  Paṭhamaānandasutta
SN 36.19  With Pañcakaṅga  Pañcakaṅgasutta
SN 40.5  A Question About the Dimension of Infinite Space  Ākāsānañcāyatanapañhāsutta
SN 40.6  A Question About the Dimension of Infinite Consciousness  Viññāṇañcāyatanapañhāsutta
SN 40.7  A Question About the Dimension of Nothingness  Ākiñcaññāyatanapañhāsutta
SN 40.8  A Question About the Dimension of Neither Perception Nor Non  Perception
SN 41.7  With Godatta  Godattasutta
SN 46.54  Full of Love  Mettāsahagatasutta
SN 48.40  Irregular Order  Uppaṭipāṭikasutta
SN 54.8  The Simile of the Lamp  Padīpopamasutta
AN 1.447-454    Having physical form, they see forms … not perceiving
AN 3.116  Imperturbable  Āneñjasutta
AN 4.171  Intention  Cetanāsutta
AN 4.190  Sabbath  Uposathasutta
AN 5.170  With Bhaddaji  Bhaddajisutta
AN 7.44  Planes of Consciousness  Sattaviññāṇaṭṭhitisutta
AN 8.66  Liberations  Vimokkhasutta
AN 8.120  Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd)  ~
AN 9.24  Abodes of Sentient Beings  Sattāvāsasutta
AN 9.31  Progressive Cessations  Anupubbanirodhasutta
AN 9.32  Progressive Meditations  Anupubbavihārasutta
AN 9.33  The Nine Progressive Meditative Attainments  Anupubbavihārasamāpattisutta
AN 9.34  Extinguishment is Bliss  Nibbānasukhasutta
AN 9.35  The Simile of the Cow  Gāvīupamāsutta
AN 9.36  Depending on Absorption  Jhānasutta
AN 9.37  By Ānanda  Ānandasutta
AN 9.38  Brahmin Cosmologists  Lokāyatikasutta
AN 9.39  The War Between the Gods and the Titans  Devāsurasaṅgāmasutta
AN 9.40  The Simile of the Bull Elephant in the Forest  Nāgasutta
AN 9.41  With the Householder Tapussa  Tapussasutta
AN 9.42  Cramped  Sambādhasutta
AN 9.43  A Direct Witness  Kāyasakkhīsutta
AN 9.44  Freed by Wisdom  Paññāvimuttasutta
AN 9.45  Freed Both Ways  Ubhatobhāgavimuttasutta
AN 9.46  In This Very Life  Sandiṭṭhikadhammasutta
AN 9.47  Extinguishment Is Apparent in This Very Life  Sandiṭṭhikanibbānasutta
AN 9.51  Extinguishment in the Present Life  Diṭṭhadhammanibbānasutta
AN 9.52  A Safe Place  Khemasutta
AN 9.61  Progressive Cessation  Anupubbanirodhasutta
AN 9.94  Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd)  ~
AN 10.6  Immersion  Samādhisutta
AN 10.7  Sāriputta  Sāriputtasutta
AN 10.29  Kosala (1st)  Paṭhamakosalasutta
AN 10.85  A Boaster  Katthīsutta
AN 10.99  With Upāli  Upālisutta
AN 11.7  Percipient  Saññāsutta
AN 11.8  Focus  Manasikārasutta
AN 11.9  With Sandha  Saddhasutta
AN 11.16  The Wealthy Citizen  Aṭṭhakanāgarasutta
AN 11.18  Immersion (1st)  Paṭhamasamādhisutta
AN 11.19  Immersion (2nd)  Dutiyasamādhisutta
AN 11.20  Immersion (3rd)  Tatiyasamādhisutta
AN 11.21  Immersion (4th)  Catutthasamādhisutta
Ud 8.1  About Extinguishment (1st)  Paṭhamanibbānapaṭisaṁyuttasutta
Iti 73  More Peaceful  Santatarasutta
Snp 3.12  3.12 Contemplating Pairs  Dvayatānupassanāsutta
Snp 5.15  The Question of Posāla  Posālamāṇavapucchā

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