Paññāvaggamātikākathā

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Paṭisambhidāmagga · Vol. 31 · Section 740

[740] "Renunciation (nekkhamma)": this is the escape (nissaraṇa) from sensual pleasures, namely renunciation; this is the escape from forms, namely the formless (āruppa); and for whatever has come to be, is conditioned, is dependently arisen, cessation is its renunciation. Non-ill will is the renunciation of ill will; perception of light (ālokasaññā) is the renunciation of dullness and drowsiness … "Escape (nissaraṇa)": this is the escape from sensual pleasures, namely renunciation; this is the escape from forms, namely the formless; and for whatever has come to be, is conditioned, is dependently arisen, cessation is its escape. Renunciation is the escape from sensual desire; non-ill will is the escape from ill will …; the path of arahantship is the escape from all defilements (kilesa). "Seclusion (paviveka)": renunciation is seclusion from sensual desire; non-ill will is seclusion from ill will …; the path of arahantship is seclusion from all defilements. "Relinquishment (vossagga)": by renunciation one relinquishes sensual desire; by non-ill will one relinquishes ill will …; by the path of arahantship one relinquishes all defilements. "Conduct (cariyā)": abandoning sensual desire, one conducts oneself by renunciation; abandoning ill will, one conducts oneself by non-ill will …; abandoning all defilements, one conducts oneself by the path of arahantship. "Jhāna-liberation (jhānavimokkha)": renunciation is jhāna in that it is born (jāyati); it is jhāna in that it burns up (jhāpeti) sensual desire. Being born, one is liberated: thus it is jhāna-liberation; burning up, one is liberated: thus it is jhāna-liberation. "They are born": dhammas; "they burn up": defilements; one knows both what is born and what is burned: thus it is jhāna-liberation. Non-ill will is jhāna in that it is born; it is jhāna in that it burns up ill will. Perception of light is jhāna in that it is born …; it is jhāna in that it burns up dullness and drowsiness …; the path of arahantship is jhāna in that it is born; it is jhāna in that it burns up all defilements. Being born, one is liberated: thus it is jhāna-liberation; burning up, one is liberated: thus it is jhāna-liberation. "They are born": dhammas; "they burn up": defilements; one knows both what is born and what is burned: thus it is jhāna-liberation.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.