[87] Bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu should wish: "May I understand the minds of other beings, of other persons, having encompassed them with my own mind (citta): may I understand a mind with lust (rāga) as 'a mind with lust,' or a mind free from lust as 'a mind free from lust'; may I understand a mind with hatred as 'a mind with hatred,' or a mind free from hatred as 'a mind free from hatred'; may I understand a mind with delusion as 'a mind with delusion,' or a mind free from delusion as 'a mind free from delusion'; may I understand a contracted mind as 'a contracted mind,' or a distracted mind as 'a distracted mind'; may I understand an exalted mind as 'an exalted mind,' or an unexalted mind as 'an unexalted mind'; may I understand a surpassable mind as 'a surpassable mind,' or an unsurpassable mind as 'an unsurpassable mind'; may I understand a mind in concentration (samādhi) as 'a mind in concentration,' or a mind not in concentration as 'a mind not in concentration'; may I understand a liberated mind as 'a liberated mind,' or an unliberated mind as 'an unliberated mind'" — then let him be one who fulfills the precepts … a cultivator of empty dwellings.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.