[216] **"And the attainment of a peaceful abiding" (santo ca vihārādhigamo):** the abiding in emptiness (suññato vihāro) is a peaceful attainment of abiding; the signless abiding (animitto vihāro) is a peaceful attainment of abiding; the desireless abiding (appaṇihito vihāro) is a peaceful attainment of abiding.
**"Resolution upon the sublime" (paṇītādhimuttatā):** resolution upon emptiness is resolution upon the sublime; resolution upon the signless is resolution upon the sublime; resolution upon the desireless is resolution upon the sublime.
**"Abiding without conflict" (araṇavihāro):** the first jhāna is an abiding without conflict; the second jhāna is an abiding without conflict; the third jhāna is an abiding without conflict; the fourth jhāna is an abiding without conflict; the attainment of the sphere of infinity of space (ākāsānañcāyatana) is an abiding without conflict … the attainment of the sphere of neither perception nor non-perception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatana) is an abiding without conflict.
**"Abiding without conflict":** in what sense is it an abiding without conflict? By the first jhāna one removes the hindrances (nīvaraṇa) — thus it is an abiding without conflict; by the second jhāna one removes thought-conception and discursive thought (vitakka-vicāra) — thus it is an abiding without conflict; by the third jhāna one removes rapture — thus it is an abiding without conflict; by the fourth jhāna one removes pleasure and pain — thus it is an abiding without conflict; by the attainment of the sphere of infinity of space one removes the perception of form, the perception of repulsion, and the perception of diversity — thus it is an abiding without conflict; by the attainment of the sphere of infinity of consciousness (viññāṇañcāyatana) one removes the perception of the sphere of infinity of space — thus it is an abiding without conflict; by the attainment of the sphere of nothingness (ākiñcaññāyatana) one removes the perception of the sphere of infinity of consciousness — thus it is an abiding without conflict; by the attainment of the sphere of neither perception nor non-perception one removes the perception of the sphere of nothingness — thus it is an abiding without conflict. This is the abiding without conflict.
That is knowledge (ñāṇa) in the sense of its being known, and wisdom (paññā) in the sense of knowing it. Hence it is said: "The dominance of seeing (dassanādhipateyya), the attainment of a peaceful abiding, and resolution upon the sublime — this wisdom is the knowledge of the abiding without conflict."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.