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 [Udaya:] | Udaya: | 
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 To the one in jhana seated dustless, passionless, his task done, effluent-free, gone to the beyond of all phenomena, I've come with a question. Tell me the gnosis of emancipation, the breaking open of ignorance. | 
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 [The Buddha:] | Thế Tôn: | 
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 The abandoning both of sensual desires, & of unhappiness, the dispelling of sloth, the warding off of anxieties, equanimity-&-mindfulness purified, with inspection of mental qualities swift in the forefront: That I call the gnosis of emancipation, 1 the breaking open of ignorance. 2 | 
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 [Udaya:] | Udaya: | 
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 With what is the world fettered? With what is it examined? Through the abandoning of what is there said to be Unbinding? | 
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 [The Buddha:] | Thế Tôn: | 
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 With delight the world's fettered. With directed thought it's examined. Through the abandoning of craving is there said to be Unbinding. | 
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 [Udaya:] | Udaya: | 
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 Living mindful in what way does one bring consciousness to a halt? We've come questioning to the Blessed One. Let us hear your words. | 
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 [The Buddha:] | Thế Tôn: | 
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Not relishing feeling,
	inside or out:
One living mindful in this way
	brings consciousness
		to a halt. 3
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 Notes 1. For a discussion of the "gnosis of emancipation" — the state of knowledge consisting of mental absorption coupled with an analysis of mental states, see AN 9.36 and Section III.F in The Wings to Awakening. 2. AN 3.33 contains a discussion of this verse. The Buddha tells Ven. Sariputta that one should train oneself such that "with regard to this conscious body, there will be no 'I'-making or 'mine'-making or obsession of conceit, such that with regard to all external themes [topics of concentration] there will be no 'I'-making or 'mine'-making or obsession of conceit, and that we will enter & remain in the awareness-release & discernment-release in which there is no 'I'-making or 'mine'-making or obsession of conceit." When one has trained in this way, he says, one is called a person who has cut through craving, unraveled the fetter, who has, through the right penetration of conceit, put an end to suffering & stress. He then states that it was in connection to this state that he uttered this verse. 3. For a discussion of "bringing consciousness to a halt" — showing that it is not an annihilation of consciousness, but rather the ending of its proliferating activity — see SN 22.53. | ^^^^^ | 
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