[168] Bhikkhus, for a bhikkhu whose taints (āsava) are destroyed, who has lived the life, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, reached his own goal, utterly destroyed the fetter (saṃyojana) of existence, and is rightly liberated through final knowledge, this answer accords with the Dhamma:
'Friends, with regard to the seen I dwell unattracted, unrepelled, independent, unbound, released, detached, with a mind (citta) made free of boundaries. With regard to the heard, friends, I … With regard to the sensed, friends, I … With regard to the cognized, friends, I dwell unattracted, unrepelled, independent, unbound, released, detached, with a mind made free of boundaries. Friends, for me knowing thus, seeing thus, with regard to these four modes of expression (vohāra), the mind is liberated from the taints through not clinging.'
Bhikkhus, that bhikkhu's statement should be delighted in and rejoiced in with the word 'Good!' Having delighted in and rejoiced in his statement with 'Good!', a further question should be asked:
'Friend, these five aggregates subject to clinging (upādānakkhandha) have been rightly declared by that Blessed One who knows and sees, the Arahant, the Fully Enlightened One. What five? Namely: the aggregate of form (rūpa) subject to clinging, the aggregate of feeling (vedanā) subject to clinging, the aggregate of perception (saññā) subject to clinging, the aggregate of volitional formations (saṅkhārā) subject to clinging, the aggregate of consciousness (viññāṇa) subject to clinging. These, friend, are the five aggregates subject to clinging rightly declared by that Blessed One who knows and sees, the Arahant, the Fully Enlightened One. But how does the venerable one know, how does he see, so that with regard to these five aggregates subject to clinging the mind is liberated from the taints through not clinging?'
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.