5.
The Discourse on the Teaching Visible Here and Now
46.
"'The Teaching is visible here and now, the Teaching is visible here and now', friend, is said.
In what way, friend, has the Teaching visible here and now been spoken of by the Blessed One?"
"Here, friends, a monk, quite secluded from sensual pleasures... etc. he enters upon and dwells in the first meditative absorption. To this extent too, friends, the Teaching visible here and now has been spoken of by the Blessed One by method... etc.
"Furthermore, friends, a monk, having completely transcended the plane of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, enters upon and dwells in the cessation of perception and feeling, and having seen with wisdom, his mental corruptions are utterly eliminated. To this extent too, friends, the Teaching visible here and now has been spoken of by the Blessed One without qualification." The fifth.