[248] (44) "'Liberated by wisdom (paññāvimutta), liberated by wisdom,' friend, it is said. In what way, friend, has one been declared by the Blessed One to be liberated by wisdom?"
"Here, friend, a bhikkhu, quite secluded from sensual pleasures … enters and dwells in the first jhāna, and he understands it with wisdom. To this extent too, friend, one has been declared by the Blessed One to be liberated by wisdom, in a provisional sense (pariyāyena). …
"Again, friend, a bhikkhu, having completely surmounted the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatana), enters and dwells in the cessation of perception and feeling (saññāvedayitanirodha), and, having seen with wisdom, his taints (āsava) are utterly destroyed, and he understands it with wisdom. To this extent too, friend, one has been declared by the Blessed One to be liberated by wisdom, in the definitive sense (nippariyāyena)."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.