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The Discourse on Involvement
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At Sāvatthī.
"One with involvement, monks, is unliberated; one without involvement is liberated.
Or, monks, consciousness, when remaining, might remain involved with matter, with matter as its object, established upon matter, imbued with delight, it might attain growth, increase, and expansion.
Or involved with feeling, etc.
or involved with perception, etc.
Or, monks, consciousness, when remaining, might remain involved with activities, with activities as its object, established upon activities, imbued with delight, it might attain growth, increase, and expansion."
"Whoever, monks, would say thus - 'I will declare the coming or going or passing away or rebirth or growth or increase or expansion of consciousness apart from matter, apart from feeling, apart from perception, apart from activities' - this is impossible.
"If, monks, a monk's lust towards the material element has been abandoned. With the abandoning of lust, the object is cut off; there is no support for consciousness. If towards the element of feeling, monks... if towards the element of perception, monks... if towards the element of activities, monks... If, monks, a monk's lust towards the consciousness element has been abandoned. With the abandoning of lust, the object is cut off; there is no support for consciousness. That consciousness, unestablished, not grown, liberated without generating further activities. Being liberated, it is stable. Being stable, it is content. Being content, he is not agitated. Not being agitated, he personally attains final nibbāna. He understands: 'Birth is eliminated, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more coming back to any state of being.'" The first.