[86] Furthermore, bhikkhus, a noble disciple, gone to the forest, or to the root of a tree, or to an empty dwelling, reflects thus: 'This is empty of a self (attā) or of what belongs to a self.' As he practices in this way and dwells abundantly in that [practice], his mind (citta) becomes confident in that base (āyatana). When there is confidence, he either attains the base of nothingness (ākiñcaññāyatana) here and now, or he is resolved upon it by wisdom (paññā). With the breaking up of the body, after death, this is possible: that the consciousness (viññāṇa) leading on [to rebirth] might pass on to the base of nothingness. This, bhikkhus, is declared to be the second way of practice conducive to the base of nothingness.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.