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Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Nidānavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 16 · Section 354

[354] "Bhikkhu, this element of light (ābhādhātu), the element of beauty (subhādhātu), the element of the base of the infinity of space (ākāsānañcāyatanadhātu), the element of the base of the infinity of consciousness (viññāṇañcāyatanadhātu), and the element of the base of nothingness (ākiñcaññāyatanadhātu) — these elements (dhātu) are to be attained as attainments with perception (saññāsamāpatti). Bhikkhu, this element of the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatanadhātu) — this element is to be attained as an attainment with a residue of volitional formations (saṅkhārāvasesasamāpatti). Bhikkhu, this element of the cessation of perception and feeling (saññāvedayitanirodhadhātu) — this element is to be attained as an attainment of cessation (nirodhasamāpatti)." The First.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.