mn48:8.1 And how does the view that is noble and emancipating lead one who practices it to the complete ending of suffering?
mn48:8.2 It’s when a mendicant has gone to a wilderness, or to the root of a tree, or to an empty hut, and reflects like this,
mn48:8.3 ‘Is there anything that I’m overcome with internally and haven’t given up, because of which I might not accurately know and see?’
mn48:8.4 If a mendicant is overcome with sensual desire, it’s their mind that’s overcome.
mn48:8.5 If a mendicant is overcome with ill will,
mn48:8.6 dullness and drowsiness,
mn48:8.7 restlessness and remorse,
mn48:8.8 doubt,
mn48:8.9 pursuing speculation about this world,
mn48:8.10 pursuing speculation about the next world,
mn48:8.11 or fighting, quarreling, and disputing, continually wounding others with barbed words, it’s their mind that’s overcome.
mn48:8.12 They understand,
mn48:8.13 ‘There is nothing that I’m overcome with internally and haven’t given up, because of which I might not accurately know and see.
mn48:8.14 My heart is properly disposed for awakening to the truths.’
mn48:8.15 This is the first knowledge they have achieved that is noble and transcendent, and is distinct from that of ordinary people.