Signless Concentration
Channel: Consciousness Research Centre
Date: 11/06/2021

This series is classified Vivartha-vāda | Rāja-yoga | Ājñā-cakra | Emptiness

For the one who has reached his goal, who grieves not, being released on all sides, who has abandoned all the knots, no consuming fever is found. The mindful ones who are striving do not delight in a dwelling, like geese who abandon a lake, they abandon fondness for homes.
For those who have no stores, those who comprehend food aright, for those whose resort is the liberation that is empty or signless, like the birds in the sky, their track is hard to find.
For him whose pollutants are destroyed, who is not dependent on the nutriments, for him whose resort is the liberation that is empty or signless, like the birds in the sky, his footprint is hard to find.
—Dhammapada, Arahantavagga https://suttacentral.net/dhp90-99/en/anandajoti

“There is the case where a monk might say, ‘Although the signless has been developed, pursued, handed the reins and taken as a basis, given a grounding, steadied, consolidated, and well-undertaken by me as my awareness-release, still my consciousness follows the drift of signs.’ He should be told, ‘Don’t say that. You shouldn’t speak in that way. Don’t misrepresent the Blessed One, for it’s not right to misrepresent the Blessed One, and the Blessed One wouldn’t say that. It’s impossible, there is no way that—when the signless has been developed, pursued, handed the reins and taken as a basis, given a grounding, steadied, consolidated, and well-undertaken as an awareness-release—consciousness would follow the drift of signs. That possibility doesn’t exist, for this is the escape from all signs: the signless as an awareness-release.’
—Nissāraṇīyasutta (AN 6.13) https://suttacentral.net/an6.13/en/sujato

“How many conditions are necessary to attain the signless release of the heart?”
“Two conditions are necessary to attain the signless release of the heart: not focusing on any signs, and focusing on the signless. These two conditions are necessary to attain the signless release of the heart.”
“How many conditions are necessary to remain in signless release of the heart?”
“Three conditions are necessary to remain in the signless release of the heart: not focusing on any signs, focusing on the signless, and a previous determination. These three conditions are necessary to remain in the signless release of the heart.”
“How many conditions necessary to emerge from signless release of the heart?”
“Two conditions are necessary to emerge from the signless release of the heart: focusing on all signs, and not focusing on the signless. These two conditions are necessary to emerge from the signless release of the heart.”
—Mahāvedallasutta (MN 43) https://suttacentral.net/mn43/en/sujato

Greed is something, hate is something, and delusion is something. A mendicant who has ended the defilements has given these up, cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, and obliterated them, so they are unable to arise in the future. The unshakable release of the heart is said to be the best kind of release of the heart through nothingness. That unshakable release of the heart is empty of greed, hate, and delusion.
Greed, hate, and delusion are makers of signs. A mendicant who has ended the defilements has given these up, cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, and obliterated them, so they are unable to arise in the future. The unshakable release of the heart is said to be the best kind of signless release of the heart. That unshakable release of the heart is empty of greed, hate, and delusion. — Godattasutta (SN 41.7) https://suttacentral.net/sn41.7/en/sujato

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