[471] Which are the four liberations (vimokkha) that consist in emerging internally? The first jhāna emerges from the hindrances (nīvaraṇa); the second jhāna emerges from thought-conception and discursive thought (vitakka-vicāra); the third jhāna emerges from rapture; the fourth jhāna emerges from pleasure and pain. These are the four liberations that consist in emerging internally.
Which are the four liberations that consist in emerging externally? The attainment (samāpatti) of the sphere of infinity of space (ākāsānañcāyatana) emerges from the perception of form, the perception of repulsion, and the perception of diversity; the attainment of the sphere of infinity of consciousness (viññāṇañcāyatana) emerges from the perception of the sphere of infinity of space; the attainment of the sphere of nothingness (ākiñcaññāyatana) emerges from the perception of the sphere of infinity of consciousness; the attainment of the sphere of neither perception nor non-perception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatana) emerges from the perception of the sphere of nothingness. These are the four liberations that consist in emerging externally.
Which are the four liberations that consist in emerging from both? The path of stream-entry (sotāpattimagga) emerges from personality-view (sakkāyadiṭṭhi), doubt, adherence to rules and rituals (sīlabbataparāmāsa), the latent tendency (anusaya) to views, and the latent tendency to doubt; it emerges from the defilements that follow along with these and from the aggregates; and externally it emerges from all signs (nimitta). The path of once-returning (sakadāgāmimagga) emerges from the gross fetter of sensual lust (kāmarāga) and the fetter of repulsion (paṭigha), from the gross latent tendency to sensual lust and the latent tendency to repulsion; it emerges from the defilements that follow along with these and from the aggregates; and externally it emerges from all signs. The path of non-returning (anāgāmimagga) emerges from the fetter of sensual lust and the fetter of repulsion that persist in subtle residual form, from the latent tendency to sensual lust and the latent tendency to repulsion that persist in subtle residual form; it emerges from the defilements that follow along with these and from the aggregates; and externally it emerges from all signs. The path of Arahantship (arahattamagga) emerges from greed for fine-material existence (rūparāga), greed for immaterial existence (arūparāga), conceit (māna), restlessness, and ignorance, from the latent tendency to conceit, the latent tendency to lust for existence, and the latent tendency to ignorance; it emerges from the defilements that follow along with these and from the aggregates; and externally it emerges from all signs. These are the four liberations that consist in emerging from both.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.