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The Discourse on One Liberated by Wisdom
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"'Liberated by wisdom, liberated by wisdom', friend, is said.
In what way, friend, has one liberated by wisdom been spoken of by the Blessed One?"
"Here, friends, a monk, quite secluded from sensual pleasures... etc. enters and dwells in the first meditative absorption, and he understands it with wisdom. To this extent too, friends, one liberated by wisdom 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 and dwells in the cessation of perception and feeling, and having seen with wisdom, his mental corruptions are utterly eliminated, and he understands it with wisdom. To this extent too, friends, one liberated by wisdom has been spoken of by the Blessed One without qualification." The third.