[456] So iminā ca ariyena sīlakkhandhena samannāgato iminā ca ariyena indriyasaṃvarena samannāgato iminā ca ariyena satisampajaññena samannāgato vivittaṃ senāsanaṃ bhajati araññaṃ rukkhamūlaṃ pabbataṃ kandaraṃ giriguhaṃ susānaṃ vanapatthaṃ abbhokāsaṃ palālapuñjaṃ . so pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto nisīdati pallaṅkaṃ ābhujitvā ujuṃ kāyaṃ paṇidhāya parimukhaṃ satiṃ upaṭṭhapetvā . so abhijjhaṃ loke pahāya vigatābhijjhena cetasā viharati abhijjhāya cittaṃ parisodheti . byāpādapadosaṃ pahāya abyāpannacitto viharati sabbapāṇabhūtahitānukampī byāpādapadosā cittaṃ parisodheti . thīnamiddhaṃ pahāya vigatathīnamiddho viharati ālokasaññī sato sampajāno thīnamiddhā cittaṃ parisodheti . uddhaccakukkuccaṃ pahāya anuddhato viharati ajjhattaṃ vūpasantacitto uddhaccakukkuccā cittaṃ parisodheti . vicikicchaṃ pahāya tiṇṇavicikiccho viharati akathaṃkathī kusalesu dhammesu vicikicchāya cittaṃ parisodheti.

[457] So ime pañca nīvaraṇe pahāya cetaso upakkilese paññāya dubbalīkaraṇe vivicceva kāmehi vivicca akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṃ savicāraṃ vivekajaṃ pītisukhaṃ paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati . Puna caparaṃ bhikkhave bhikkhu vitakkavicārānaṃ vūpasamā ajjhattaṃ sampasādanaṃ cetaso ekodibhāvaṃ avitakkaṃ avicāraṃ samādhijaṃ pītisukhaṃ dutiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati .pe. tatiyaṃ jhānaṃ ... catutthaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati.

[458] So cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā piyarūpe rūpe na sārajjati appiyarūpe rūpe na byāpajjati upaṭṭhitakāyasati ca viharati appamāṇacetaso tañca cetovimuttiṃ paññāvimuttiṃ yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti yatthassa te pāpakā akusalā dhammā aparisesā nirujjhanti . so evaṃ anurodhavirodhavippahīno yaṅkiñci vedanaṃ vedeti sukhaṃ vā dukkhaṃ vā adukkhamasukhaṃ vā . so taṃ vedanaṃ nābhinandati nābhivadati na ajjhosāya tiṭṭhati . tassa taṃ vedanaṃ anabhinandato anabhivadato na ajjhosāya tiṭṭhato yā vedanāsu nandi sā nirujjhati. Tassa nandinirodhā upādānanirodho upādānanirodhā bhavanirodho bhavanirodhā jātinirodho jātinirodhā jarāmaraṇaṃ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā nirujjhanti evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hoti . Sotena saddaṃ sutvā ... ghānena gandhaṃ ghāyitvā ... Jivhāya rasaṃ sāyitvā ... kāyena phoṭṭhabbaṃ phusitvā ... manasā dhammaṃ viññāya Piyarūpe dhamme na sārajjati appiyarūpe dhamme na byāpajjati upaṭṭhitakāyasati ca viharati appamāṇacetaso tañca cetovimuttiṃ paññāvimuttiṃ yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti yatthassa te pāpakā akusalā dhammā aparisesā nirujjhanti . so evaṃ anurodhavirodhavippahīno yaṅkiñci vedanaṃ vedeti sukhaṃ vā dukkhaṃ vā adukkhamasukhaṃ vā . so taṃ vedanaṃ nābhinandati nābhivadati na ajjhosāya tiṭṭhati . tassa taṃ vedanaṃ anabhinandato anabhivadato na ajjhosāya tiṭṭhato yā vedanāsu nandi sā nirujjhati . tassa nandinirodhā upādānanirodho upādānanirodhā bhavanirodho bhavanirodhā jātinirodho jātinirodhā jarāmaraṇaṃ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā nirujjhanti evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hoti . imaṃ kho me tumhe bhikkhave saṅkhittena taṇhāsaṅkhayavimuttiṃ dhāretha sātiṃ pana bhikkhuṃ kevaṭṭaputtaṃ mahātaṇhājālataṇhāsaṅghāṭapaṭimukkanti. Idamavoca bhagavā attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinandunti. Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhayasuttaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ aṭṭhamaṃ. -------------