[693] "'Standing where, the streams of conceiving (maññassava) do not flow; and when the streams of conceiving do not flow, he is called a sage at peace (muni santo)' — so indeed this was said. And with reference to what was this said? 'I am,' bhikkhu — this is a conceiving (maññita); 'I am not' — this is a conceiving; 'I shall be' — this is a conceiving; 'I shall not be' — this is a conceiving; 'I shall be possessed of form' — this is a conceiving; 'I shall be formless' — this is a conceiving; 'I shall be percipient' — this is a conceiving; 'I shall be non-percipient' — this is a conceiving; 'I shall be neither-percipient-nor-non-percipient' — this is a conceiving. Conceiving, bhikkhu, is a disease; conceiving is a boil; conceiving is a dart. But with the transcending of all conceivings, bhikkhu, one is called a sage at peace. And the sage at peace, bhikkhu, is not born, does not age, does not die; he is not shaken and does not yearn. For him, bhikkhu, there exists nothing by which he might be born. Not being born, how shall he age? Not aging, how shall he die? Not dying, how shall he be shaken? Not being shaken, for what shall he yearn? So it was with reference to this that it was said: 'Standing where, the streams of conceiving do not flow; and when the streams of conceiving do not flow, he is called a sage at peace.'
"Bhikkhu, remember this brief analysis of the six elements (chadhātuvibhaṅga) of mine."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.