[632] Bhikkhus, there is equanimity that is diversified, based on diversity; and there is equanimity that is unified, based on unity.
And what, bhikkhus, is equanimity that is diversified, based on diversity? There is, bhikkhus, equanimity regarding forms, there is equanimity regarding sounds, regarding odors, regarding tastes, regarding tangibles. This, bhikkhus, is equanimity that is diversified, based on diversity.
And what, bhikkhus, is equanimity that is unified, based on unity? There is, bhikkhus, equanimity based on the base of infinite space (ākāsānañcāyatana), there is equanimity based on the base of infinite consciousness (viññāṇañcāyatana), there is equanimity based on the base of nothingness (ākiñcaññāyatana), there is equanimity based on the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatana). This, bhikkhus, is equanimity that is unified, based on unity.
Therein, bhikkhus, relying upon and depending upon that equanimity which is unified, based on unity, abandon and transcend that equanimity which is diversified, based on diversity. Thus is its abandoning; thus is its transcending.
Relying upon non-identification (atammayatā), bhikkhus, depending upon non-identification, abandon and transcend that equanimity which is unified, based on unity. Thus is its abandoning; thus is its transcending.
'Therein, relying on this, abandon that' — so it was said; and it is on account of this that it was said.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.