Tassa oḷārike assāsapassāse niruddhe sukhumaassāsapassāsanimittārammaṇaṃ cittaṃ pavattati. Tasmimpi niruddhe aparāparaṃ tato sukhumataraṃ sukhumataraṃ assāsapassāsanimittārammaṇaṃ pavattatiyeva. Svāyamattho upari vuttakaṃsathālopamāya veditabbo.
Yathā hi aññāni kammaṭṭhānāni uparūpari vibhūtāni honti, na tathā idaṃ. Idaṃ pana uparūpari bhāventassa sukhumattaṃ gacchati, upaṭṭhānampi na upagacchati. Evaṃ anupaṭṭhahante pana tasmiṃ tena bhikkhunā "ācariyaṃ pucchissāmī"ti vā "naṭṭhaṃ dāni me kammaṭṭhānan"ti vā uṭṭhāyāsanā na gantabbaṃ. Iriyāpathaṃ vikopetvā gacchato hi kammaṭṭhānaṃ navanavameva hoti. Tasmā yathānisinneneva desato āharitabbaṃ.
Tatrāyaṃ āharaṇūpāyo:- tena bhikkhunā kammaṭṭhānassa anupaṭṭhānabhāvaṃ ñatvā iti paṭisañcikkhittaṃ "ime assāsapassāsā nāma kattha atthi, kattha natthi. Kassa vā atthi, kassa vā natthī"ti. Athevaṃ paṭisañcikkhato "ime