[437] 13. "To the meditator seated stainless (thus said the Venerable Udaya), his task accomplished, free of taints (āsava),
gone to the far shore of all dhammas — in need, I have come with a question:
declare the liberation by final knowledge (aññāvimokkha), the breaking apart of ignorance (avijjā)."
#1 Po.: apakamissanti.
"The abandoning both of sensual desires (kāmacchanda) ('Udaya,' said the Blessed One) and of griefs (domanassa),
the dispelling¹ of dullness (thīna), and the warding off of remorse (kukkucca),
purified by equanimity (upekkhā) and mindfulness (sati), preceded by thought on the Dhamma —
this I declare to be the liberation² by final knowledge, the breaking apart of ignorance."
"What is the fetter (saṃyojana) of the world? What is its means of traveling about?
Through the abandoning of what is it called 'Nibbāna'?"
"The world has delight (nandi) as its fetter; thought (vitakka) is its means of traveling about.
Through the abandoning of craving (taṇhā) it is called 'Nibbāna.'"
"For one who lives mindful in what way does consciousness (viññāṇa) cease?
Having come to ask you, sir, we would hear that word of yours."
"Not delighting in feeling (vedanā), whether internally or externally —
for one who lives mindful thus, consciousness ceases."
The Questions of the Student Udaya (Udayamāṇavakapañhā), the Thirteenth.
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In the Suttanipāta, the fourteenth of the fifth chapter, the Pārāyanavagga: the Questions of Posāla (Posālapañhā).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.