[350] **Eight liberations (vimokkha):**
1. One sees forms (rūpāni). This is the first liberation.
2. One percipient of the formless internally sees forms externally. This is the second liberation.
3. One is intent only upon "the beautiful" (subha). This is the third liberation.
4. Through the complete transcending of perceptions of form, with the passing away of perceptions of sensory impingement, through non-attention to perceptions of diversity, [aware that] "space is infinite," one enters and dwells in the base of the infinity of space (ākāsānañcāyatana). This is the fourth liberation.
5. Through the complete transcending of the base of the infinity of space, [aware that] "consciousness is infinite," one enters and dwells in the base of the infinity of consciousness (viññāṇañcāyatana). This is the fifth liberation.
6. Through the complete transcending of the base of the infinity of consciousness, [aware that] "there is nothing at all," one enters and dwells in the base of nothingness (ākiñcaññāyatana). This is the sixth liberation.
7. Through the complete transcending of the base of nothingness, one enters and dwells in the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatana). This is the seventh liberation.
8. Through the complete transcending of the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, one enters and dwells in the cessation of perception and feeling (saññāvedayitanirodha). This is the eighth liberation.
These, friends, are the dhammas in groups of eight, rightly proclaimed by that Blessed One who knows and sees, the Arahant, the Perfectly Self-Awakened One. Therein all should recite in concert … for the benefit, for the welfare, for the happiness of gods and humans.
End of the Eights of the Saṅgīti.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.