# Āneñja (i.e. [[Jhana|Jhāna]], Particularly 1-6 Jhana, before Nothingness)
## A [[Sankhara|Saṅkhāra]] which leads to [[Jhana|Jhāna]]
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## 8th Jhāna is the Best thing to Grasp :)
> [!tip] Best thing to grasp :) — In Āneñjasappāyasutta ([MN106](https://suttacentral.net/mn106/en/sujato))
> “Ānanda, take a mendicant who practices like this:
> _“Idhānanda, bhikkhu evaṁ paṭipanno hoti:_
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> ‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. It will not be, and it will not be mine. I am giving up what exists, what has come to be.’
> **_‘no cassa, no ca me siyā; na bhavissati, na me bhavissati; yadatthi, yaṁ bhūtaṁ—taṁ pajahāmī’ti._**
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> In this way they gain equanimity.
> _Evaṁ upekkhaṁ paṭilabhati._
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> **==They approve, welcome, and keep clinging to that equanimity==**.
> _So taṁ **upekkhaṁ abhinandati, abhivadati, ajjhosāya** tiṭṭhati._
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> Their consciousness has that as support and fuel for **grasping**.
> _Tassa taṁ upekkhaṁ abhinandato abhivadato ajjhosāya tiṭṭhato tannissitaṁ hoti viññāṇaṁ **tadupādānaṁ**._
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> A mendicant with fuel for grasping does not become extinguished.”
> _Saupādāno, ānanda, bhikkhu na parinibbāyatī”ti._
>
> ---
> **“But sir, what is that mendicant ==grasping==?**”
> _“Kahaṁ pana so, bhante, bhikkhu upādiyamāno **==upādiyatī==**”ti?_
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> **“The dimension of ==neither perception nor non-perception==.**”
> _**“==Nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ==, ānandā”ti.**_
>
> ---
> “Sir, it seems that mendicant is grasping the best thing to grasp!”
> _“Upādānaseṭṭhaṁ kira so, bhante, bhikkhu upādiyamāno upādiyatī”ti?_
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> “Indeed, Ānanda.
> _“Upādānaseṭṭhañhi so, ānanda, bhikkhu upādiyamāno upādiyati._
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> **==For the best thing to grasp is==**
> _Upādānaseṭṭhañhetaṁ, ānanda, yadidaṁ—_
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> **==the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception==**.
> _**==nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ==**._
^best-thing-to-grasp
## Suttas
- MN106 Āneñjasappāyasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn106/en/sujato))
- On Vipassana (seeing dukkha in sensual pleasures and form) and Jhanas
- MN105 Sunakkhattasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn105/en/sujato))
- A person who has "left their village long time ago" might actively listen to the path to peace (rather than the worldly (lokāmisa) interests), path to nothingness, 8th jhana, or to nibbana. Like a leaf fallen off from the tree, a rock split apart, vomited food, etc. #simile/buddha/best ^mn105
- A monk who had mistakenly believe he had removed craving might be subject to deadly pains later.