[135] Having seen a form, mindful, he is not inflamed with lust for forms;
with a mind free of lust he experiences it, and does not remain clinging to it.
For one who sees a form in this way, and even as he experiences feeling (vedanā),
[suffering (dukkha)] wears away and is not heaped up: thus he fares with mindfulness.
For one thus not heaping up suffering, Nibbāna is said to be near.
Having heard a sound, mindful, he is not inflamed with lust for sounds;
with a mind free of lust he experiences it, and does not remain clinging to it.
For one who hears a sound in this way, and even as he experiences feeling,
[suffering] wears away and is not heaped up: thus he fares with mindfulness.
For one thus not heaping up suffering, Nibbāna is said to be near.
Having smelled an odor, mindful, he is not inflamed with lust for odors;
with a mind free of lust he experiences it, and does not remain clinging to it.
For one who smells an odor in this way, and even as he experiences feeling,
[suffering] wears away and is not heaped up: thus he fares with mindfulness.
For one thus not heaping up suffering, Nibbāna is said to be near.
Having tasted a flavor, mindful, he is not inflamed with lust for flavors;
with a mind free of lust he experiences it, and does not remain clinging to it.
For one who tastes a flavor in this way, and even as he experiences feeling,
… Nibbāna is said to be near.
Having touched a tangible, mindful, he is not inflamed with lust for tangibles;
with a mind free of lust he experiences it, and does not remain clinging to it.
For one who touches a tangible in this way, and even as he experiences feeling,
… Nibbāna is said to be near.
Having cognized a mental phenomenon, mindful, he is not inflamed with lust for mental phenomena;
with a mind free of lust he experiences it, and does not remain clinging to it.
For one who cognizes a mental phenomenon in this way, and even as he experiences feeling,
[suffering] wears away and is not heaped up: thus he fares with mindfulness.
For one thus not heaping up suffering, Nibbāna is said to be near.
Venerable sir, it is in this way that I understand in detail the meaning of what was spoken in brief by the Blessed One.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.