[311] "And how, bhikkhus, is there no access for Māra and for Māra's assembly?
Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu, secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unwholesome states, enters and dwells in the first jhāna (paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ), which is accompanied by thought (vitakka) and examination (vicāra), with rapture (pīti) and pleasure born of seclusion. This, bhikkhus, is called a bhikkhu who has made Māra blind: having destroyed Māra's eye without leaving a trace, he has gone beyond the sight of the Evil One (pāpimā).
Again, bhikkhus, with the stilling of thought and examination, a bhikkhu enters and dwells in the second jhāna, which has internal confidence and unification of mind (citta), is without thought and without examination, and has rapture and pleasure born of concentration (samādhi) … the third jhāna … the fourth jhāna. This, bhikkhus, is called a bhikkhu who has made Māra blind: having destroyed Māra's eye without leaving a trace, he has gone beyond the sight of the Evil One.
Again, bhikkhus, with the complete surmounting of perceptions of form, with the disappearance of perceptions of sensory impingement, with non-attention to perceptions of diversity, [aware that] 'space is infinite,' a bhikkhu enters and dwells in the base of the infinity of space (ākāsānañcāyatana). This, bhikkhus, is called a bhikkhu who has made Māra blind: having destroyed Māra's eye without leaving a trace, he has gone beyond the sight of the Evil One.
Again, bhikkhus, with the complete surmounting of the base of the infinity of space, [aware that] 'consciousness is infinite,' a bhikkhu enters and dwells in the base of the infinity of consciousness (viññāṇañcāyatana) … with the complete surmounting of the base of the infinity of consciousness, [aware that] 'there is nothing,' he enters and dwells in the base of nothingness (ākiñcaññāyatana) … with the complete surmounting of the base of nothingness, he enters and dwells in the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatana) …
Again, bhikkhus, with the complete surmounting of the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, a bhikkhu enters and dwells in the cessation of perception and feeling (saññāvedayitanirodha); and, having seen with wisdom (paññā), his taints (āsava) are utterly destroyed. This, bhikkhus, is called a bhikkhu who has made Māra blind: having destroyed Māra's eye without leaving a trace, he has gone beyond the sight of the Evil One, and he has crossed over clinging (visattikā) to the world."
Thus spoke the Blessed One. Delighted, those bhikkhus rejoiced in the Blessed One's words.
The Nivāpa Sutta, the fifth, is ended.
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Pāsarāsi Sutta
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.