[394] "Could there be, in another way …" … And how could there be? "Whatever suffering (dukkha) arises, all of it has volitional formations (saṅkhārā) as its condition" — this is one contemplation. "But with the remainderless fading away (virāga) and cessation (nirodha) of those same volitional formations, there is no arising of suffering" — this is the second contemplation. For one thus rightly contemplating the dyad (dvayatā) … Then the Teacher said this further:
"Whatever suffering arises, all of it has volitional formations as its condition;
with the cessation of volitional formations, there is no arising of suffering.
Having known this danger — 'suffering has volitional formations as its condition' —
through the stilling of all volitional formations, through the stopping of perceptions (saññā),
thus comes the destruction of suffering: having known this as it really is,
those of right vision, the masters of knowledge, the wise who have rightly understood,
having overcome Māra's yoke, do not go to renewed existence."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.