[1783] S. Is the attainment (patti) of the first jhāna unconditioned (asaṅkhata)? — all is to be elaborated in full in the same way — Is the attainment of the second jhāna, of the third jhāna, of the fourth jhāna, of the sphere of infinity of space (ākāsānañcāyatana), of the sphere of infinity of consciousness (viññāṇañcāyatana), of the sphere of nothingness (ākiñcaññāyatana), of the sphere of neither perception nor non-perception (nevasaññānāsaññāyatana), … of the path of stream-entry (sotāpattimagga), of the fruition of stream-entry (sotāpattiphala), of the path of once-returning (sakadāgāmimagga), of the fruition of once-returning (sakadāgāmiphala), of the path of non-returning (anāgāmimagga), of the fruition of non-returning (anāgāmiphala), of the path of arahantship (arahattamagga), of the fruition of arahantship (arahattaphala) unconditioned?
P. Yes.
S. Is it Nibbāna, … the imperishable (accuta), the deathless (amata)?
P. It should not be said so. …
S. Is the attainment of the fruition of arahantship unconditioned, and is Nibbāna unconditioned?
P. Yes.
S. Are there two unconditioned things?
P. It should not be said so. …
S. Are there two unconditioned things?
P. Yes.
S. Are there two shelters (tāṇa) … or an interval [between them]?
P. It should not be said so. …
S. Is the attainment of the path of stream-entry unconditioned, is the attainment of the fruition of stream-entry unconditioned, … is the attainment of the path of arahantship unconditioned, is the attainment of the fruition of arahantship unconditioned, and is Nibbāna unconditioned?
P. Yes.
S. Are there nine unconditioned things?
P. It should not be said so. …
S. Are there nine unconditioned things?
P. Yes.
S. Are there nine shelters … or an interval [between them]?
P. It should not be said so. …
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.