[349] Eight dimensions of mastery (abhibhāyatana):
Percipient of form internally, one sees forms externally—limited, beautiful or ugly—and having mastered them, one is percipient thus: 'I know, I see.' This is the first dimension of mastery.
Percipient of form internally, one sees forms externally—measureless, beautiful or ugly—and having mastered them, one is percipient thus: 'I know, I see.' This is the second dimension of mastery.
Percipient of the formless internally, one sees forms externally—limited, beautiful or ugly—and having mastered them, one is percipient thus: 'I know, I see.' This is the third dimension of mastery.
Percipient of the formless internally, one sees forms externally—measureless, beautiful or ugly—and having mastered them, one is percipient thus: 'I know, I see.' This is the fourth dimension of mastery.
Percipient of the formless internally, one sees forms externally—blue, blue in color, blue in appearance, blue in luster. Just as a flax flower is blue, blue in color, blue in appearance, blue in luster; or just as Bārāṇasī cloth, smoothed on both sides, is blue, blue in color, blue in appearance, blue in luster—even so, percipient of the formless internally, one sees forms externally—blue, blue in color, blue in appearance, blue in luster—and having mastered them, one is percipient thus: 'I know, I see.' This is the fifth dimension of mastery.
Percipient of the formless internally, one sees forms externally—yellow, yellow in color, yellow in appearance, yellow in luster. Just as a kaṇṇikāra flower is yellow, yellow in color, yellow in appearance, yellow in luster; or just as Bārāṇasī cloth, smoothed on both sides, is yellow, yellow in color, yellow in appearance, yellow in luster—even so, percipient of the formless internally, one sees forms externally—yellow, yellow in color, yellow in appearance, yellow in luster—and having mastered them, one is percipient thus: 'I know, I see.' This is the sixth dimension of mastery.
Percipient of the formless internally, one sees forms externally—red, red in color, red in appearance, red in luster. Just as a bandhujīvaka flower is red, red in color, red in appearance, red in luster; or just as Bārāṇasī cloth, smoothed on both sides, is red, red in color, red in appearance, red in luster—even so, percipient of the formless internally, one sees forms externally—red, red in color, red in appearance, red in luster—and having mastered them, one is percipient thus: 'I know, I see.' This is the seventh dimension of mastery.
Percipient of the formless internally, one sees forms externally—white, white in color, white in appearance, white in luster. Just as the morning star is white, white in color, white in appearance, white in luster; or just as Bārāṇasī cloth, smoothed on both sides, is white, white in color, white in appearance, white in luster—even so, percipient of the formless internally, one sees forms externally—white, white in color, white in appearance, white in luster—and having mastered them, one is percipient thus: 'I know, I see.' This is the eighth dimension of mastery.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.