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"Further,
Ananda, the monk -- not attending to the perception of the sphere of
nothingness, not attending to the perception of the sphere of neither
perception nor non-perception -- attends to the singleness based on the
theme-less concentration of awareness. His mind takes pleasure, finds
satisfaction, settles, & indulges in its theme-less concentration of
awareness.
"He
discerns that 'Whatever disturbances would exist based on the perception of the
sphere of nothingness are not present. Whatever disturbances would exist based
on the perception of the sphere of neither perception nor non-perception, are
not present. And there is only this modicum of disturbance: that connected with
the six sensory spheres, dependent on this very body with life as its
condition.' He discerns that 'This mode of perception is empty of the
perception of the sphere of nothingness. This mode of perception is empty of
the perception of the sphere of neither perception nor non-perception. There is
only this non-emptiness: that connected with the six sensory spheres, dependent
on this very body with life as its condition.' Thus he regards it as empty of whatever
is not there. Whatever remains, he discerns as present: 'There is this.' And so
this, his entry into emptiness, accords with actuality, is undistorted in
meaning, & pure.
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