[85] "Again, bhikkhus, furthermore, a noble disciple reflects thus: 'Whatever sensual pleasures there are in this life and whatever sensual pleasures in lives to come, whatever perceptions (saññā) of sensual pleasures in this life and whatever perceptions of sensual pleasures in lives to come, whatever forms (rūpa) there are in this life and whatever forms in lives to come, whatever perceptions of forms in this life and whatever perceptions of forms in lives to come, and whatever perceptions of the imperturbable (āneñjasaññā) — all these are perceptions. Where these cease without remainder, that is peaceful, that is sublime, namely, the dimension of nothingness (ākiñcaññāyatana).' When he is practicing in this way and dwelling frequently thus, his mind (citta) becomes confident in that base. When there is full confidence, he either attains the dimension of nothingness here and now, or he is resolved upon it through wisdom. With the breakup of the body, after death, this is possible: that the evolving consciousness (viññāṇa) may pass on to the dimension of nothingness. This, bhikkhus, is declared the first way of practice suitable for the dimension of nothingness."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.