[3] Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu who is a trainee (sekha), who has not yet attained his mind's ideal, who dwells aspiring to the unsurpassed security from bondage (yogakkhema) — he too directly knows earth as earth. Having directly known earth as earth, let him not conceive earth, let him not conceive [himself] in earth, let him not conceive [himself apart] from earth, let him not conceive 'earth is mine,' let him not delight in earth. Why is that? Because it must be fully understood by him, I say. …
He directly knows water … fire … air … beings … gods … Pajāpati … Brahmā … the gods of Streaming Radiance (Ābhassara) … the gods of Refulgent Glory (Subhakiṇha) … the gods of Great Fruit (Vehapphala) … the Overlord (Abhibhū) … the base of the infinity of space … the base of the infinity of consciousness … the base of nothingness … the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception … the seen … the heard … the sensed … the cognized … oneness … diversity … the all …
He directly knows Nibbāna as Nibbāna. Having directly known Nibbāna as Nibbāna, let him not conceive Nibbāna, let him not conceive [himself] in Nibbāna, let him not conceive [himself apart] from Nibbāna, let him not conceive 'Nibbāna is mine,' let him not delight in Nibbāna. Why is that? Because it must be fully understood by him, I say.
The delimitation of the second section of the method, by way of the trainee.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.