[218] Bhikkhus, devas and humans delight in forms (rūpa), take pleasure in forms, rejoice in forms. With the change, fading away, and cessation of forms, bhikkhus, devas and humans dwell in suffering (dukkha). Devas and humans delight in sounds… delight in odors… delight in tastes… delight in tangibles… delight in mental phenomena (dhammā); bhikkhus, they take pleasure in mental phenomena, rejoice in mental phenomena. With the change, fading away, and cessation of mental phenomena, bhikkhus, devas and humans dwell in suffering.
But, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata, the Arahant, the Perfectly Enlightened One, having understood as it really is (yathābhūta) the origin and the passing away, the gratification (assāda), the danger (ādīnava), and the escape (nissaraṇa) in regard to forms, does not delight in forms, does not take pleasure in forms, does not rejoice in forms. With the change, fading away, and cessation of forms, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata dwells in happiness. Having understood as it really is the origin and the passing away, the gratification, the danger, and the escape in regard to sounds… odors… tastes… tangibles… mental phenomena, he does not delight in mental phenomena, does not take pleasure in mental phenomena, does not rejoice in mental phenomena. With the change, fading away, and cessation of mental phenomena, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata dwells in happiness.
The fourth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.