[438] 14. "To him who reveals the past," (thus said the venerable Posāla,)
"unperturbed, with doubt cut off,
gone to the far shore of all dhammas —
in need, I have come with a question.
I ask the Sakyan about the knowledge (ñāṇa)
of one for whom perception of forms has vanished,
who has abandoned the body in its entirety,
and who sees, both within and without,
that 'there is nothing at all':
how is one of such a kind to be guided?"
"All the stations of consciousness (viññāṇaṭṭhiti),"
("Posāla," said the Blessed One,)
"directly knowing them, the Tathāgata
knows this one as he stands [therein],
released, with that as his final destination.
Having directly known in just this way
the origination of nothingness (ākiñcañña)
as 'the fetter (saṃyojana) of delight,'
he thereupon sees with insight therein.
Such is the true knowledge of that brahmin,
one who has lived to fulfillment."
The Question of the Young Brahmin Posāla, the Fourteenth.
In the Suttanipāta, in the fifth chapter, the Pārāyanavagga:
the Fifteenth — the Question of Mogharāja.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.