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"And
how, O bhikkhus, does a bhikkhu live contemplating consciousness in
consciousness?
"Here,
O bhikkhus, a bhikkhu understands the consciousness with lust, as with lust;
the consciousness without lust, as without lust; the consciousness with hate,
as with hate; the consciousness without hate, as without hate; the
consciousness with ignorance, as with ignorance; the consciousness without
ignorance, as without ignorance; the shrunken state of consciousness, as the
shrunken state; the distracted state of consciousness, as the distracted state;
the state of consciousness become great, as the state become great; the state of
consciousness not become great, as the state not become great; the state of
consciousness with some other mental state superior to it, as the state with
something mentally higher; the state of consciousness with no other mental
state superior to it, as the state with nothing mentally higher; the quieted
state of consciousness, as the quieted state; the state of consciousness not
quieted, as the state not quieted; the freed state of consciousness as freed;
and the unfreed state of consciousness, as unfreed.
"Thus
he lives contemplating consciousness in consciousness internally, or he lives
contemplating consciousness in consciousness externally, or he lives
contemplating consciousness in consciousness internally and externally. He
lives contemplating origination-things in consciousness, or he lives
contemplating dissolution-things in consciousness, or he lives contemplating
origination-and-dissolution-things in consciousness. Or his mindfulness is
established with the thought: 'Consciousness exists,' to the extent necessary
just for knowledge and remembrance, and he lives independent and clings to
naught in the world.
"Thus,
indeed, O bhikkhus, a bhikkhu lives contemplating consciousness in
consciousness."
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