Nirāmisasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Saḷāyatanavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 18 · Section 456

[456] And what, bhikkhus, is carnal (sāmisa) liberation? Liberation connected with form is carnal. And what, bhikkhus, is spiritual (nirāmisa) liberation? Liberation connected with the formless is spiritual.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.