21:
The Deathless = Unbinding (nibbana/nirvana), which gives release from
the cycle of death and rebirth.
22:
"The range of the noble ones": Any of the four stages of Awakening,
as well as the total Unbinding to which they lead. The four stages are: (1)
stream-entry, at which one abandons the first three mental fetters tying one to
the round of rebirth: self-identity views, uncertainty, and grasping at
precepts and practices; (2) once-returning, at which passion, aversion, and
delusion are further weakened; (3) non-returning, at which sensual passion and
resistance are abandoned; and (4) arahantship, at which the final five fetters
are abandoned: passion for form, passion for formless phenomena, conceit,
restlessness, and ignorance. For other references to the "range of the
noble ones," see 92-93 and 179-180.
23:
AN IV.10 lists four yokes: the yoke of sensuality, the yoke of becoming, the
yoke of views, and the yoke of ignorance. To gain rest from the first three
yokes, one must discern, as it actually is present, the origination, the
passing away, the allure, the drawbacks, and the escape from that yoke. One
will then not be obsessed with passion, delight, attraction, infatuation,
thirst, fever, fascination, craving with regard to that yoke. To gain rest from
the yoke of ignorance, one must discern, as it actually is present, the
origination, the passing away, the allure, the drawbacks, and the escape from
the six sense media. One will then not be obsessed with not-knowing.
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