Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c35.s3.t5.172

v2.c35.s3.t5.172

The second is opposed by the Rājagirikas and the Th. and as such is discussed in the *Kvu.* (XV. 9): *Saññāvedayita-* nirodham samāpanno kālam kareyyā ti? The Th. contend that a meditator while in the saññāvedayitanirodhasamāpatti cannot have any death-like (maraṇantiko) contact, feeling, perception, etc. or is not affected by poison, weapon-stroke or fire; hence to speak of him as dying while in meditation is wrong. The opponents contend that there is no such law (niyāma) that a meditator while in saññāvedayitanirodha will not die.