“Jhāyiṁ virajamāsīnaṁ,
(iccāyasmā udayo)
Katakiccaṁ anāsavaṁ;
Pāraguṁ sabbadhammānaṁ,
Atthi pañhena āgamaṁ;
Aññāvimokkhaṁ pabrūhi,
Avijjāya pabhedanaṁ”.
“To the meditator seated dustless,”
(said the venerable Udaya),
“taintless, having done what needed to be done;
who has gone beyond all states of mind,
I have come in need with a question:
Tell me of liberation by final knowledge,
the shattering of ignorance.”
“Pahānaṁ kāmacchandānaṁ,
(udayāti bhagavā)
Domanassāna cūbhayaṁ;
Thinassa ca panūdanaṁ,
Kukkuccānaṁ nivāraṇaṁ.
“The abandoning of sensual desires,
(Udaya,” said the Blessed One),
and of displeasure, both;
the eviction of dullness,
and the warding off of anxiety.
Upekkhāsatisaṁsuddhaṁ,
dhammatakkapurejavaṁ;
Aññāvimokkhaṁ pabrūmi,
avijjāya pabhedanaṁ”.
Purified by equanimity and mindfulness,
preceded by reflection on the Dhamma;
I call this liberation by final knowledge,
the shattering of ignorance.”
“Kiṁsu saṁyojano loko,
kiṁsu tassa vicāraṇaṁ;
Kissassa vippahānena,
nibbānaṁ iti vuccati”.
“By what is the world fettered?
What is its means of locomotion?
By the abandoning of what,
is ‘Nibbāna’ spoken of?”
“Nandisaṁyojano loko,
vitakkassa vicāraṇaṁ;
Taṇhāya vippahānena,
nibbānaṁ iti vuccati”.
“The world is fettered by delight,
thought is its means of locomotion;
it is by the abandoning of craving,
that ‘Nibbāna’ is spoken of.”
“Kathaṁ satassa carato,
viññāṇaṁ uparujjhati;
Bhagavantaṁ puṭṭhumāgamma,
taṁ suṇoma vaco tava”.
“How does one live mindfully,
for consciousness to cease?
Having come to ask the Blessed One,
we would hear your word.”
“Ajjhattañca bahiddhā ca,
Vedanaṁ nābhinandato;
Evaṁ satassa carato,
Viññāṇaṁ uparujjhatī”ti.
“For one not seeking delight in felt experience,
internally or externally;
for one living mindfully thus,
consciousness ceases.”