1At Sāvatthī … . The Venerable Ānanda saw the Venerable Sāriputta coming in the distance …

"Here, friend, with the complete transcendence of perceptions of forms, with the passing away of perceptions of sensory impingement, with nonattention to perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite,’ I entered and dwelt in the base of the infinity of space. Yet, friend, it did not occur to me, ‘I am attaining the base of the infinity of space … .’"

1Sāvatthinidānaṁ. Addasā kho āyasmā ānando … pe …

… "Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā ananto ākāsoti ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharāmi … pe … vuṭṭhitoti vā"ti.

Pañcamaṁ.