Numbered Discourses 6.24

3. Unsurpassable

The Himalaya

“Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu who has six qualities could shatter Himalaya, the king of mountains, let alone this wretched ignorance! What six? It’s when a bhikkhu is skilled in entering immersion, skilled in remaining in immersion, skilled in emerging from immersion, skilled in gladdening the mind for immersion, skilled in the meditation subjects for immersion, and skilled in projecting the mind purified by immersion. A bhikkhu who has these six qualities could shatter Himalaya, the king of mountains, let alone this wretched ignorance!”