[105] At Sāvatthī. There … he said this: "Bhikkhus, one who engages (upāya) is not liberated; one who does not engage is liberated. Consciousness, bhikkhus, while standing, might stand engaged with form; with form as its object, with form as its support, resorting to delight, it might come to growth, increase, and abundance. … Or consciousness, bhikkhus, while standing, might stand engaged with volitional formations; with volitional formations as its object, with volitional formations as its support, resorting to delight, it might come to growth, increase, and abundance. Bhikkhus, if anyone should speak thus: 'Apart from form, apart from feeling (vedanā), apart from perception, apart from volitional formations, I shall declare the coming or the going of consciousness, its passing away or its rebirth, its growth, increase, or abundance' — that is not possible.
If, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu['s lust is abandoned] regarding the form element (rūpadhātu) … regarding the feeling element … regarding the perception element … regarding the volitional formations element … If, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu's lust regarding the consciousness element is abandoned, with the abandoning of lust the object is cut off; there is no support for consciousness. That consciousness, being unsupported, not growing, not generating, is liberated. Being liberated, it is steady; being steady, it is content; being content, he is not agitated. Not being agitated, he personally attains final Nibbāna. He understands: 'Birth is destroyed, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more coming to any state of being.'"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.