[874] **"There is no formation whatsoever" (natthi kāci nisaṅkhiti):** the formation of merit (puññābhisaṅkhāra), the formation of demerit (apuññābhisaṅkhāra), and the formation of the imperturbable (āneñjābhisaṅkhāra) are called formations (nisaṅkhitiyo). When the formation of merit, the formation of demerit, and the formation of the imperturbable have been abandoned, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, brought to non-existence, of a nature not to arise again in the future — to that extent formations do not exist, are not found, are not obtained; they are abandoned, cut off, stilled, tranquilized, incapable of arising again, burnt up by the fire of knowledge (ñāṇa). Therefore, "there is no formation whatsoever."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.