2.
Nimokkhasuttaṃ
2.
Sāvatthinidānaṃ.
Atha kho aññatarā devatā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami;
upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi.
Ekamantaṃ ṭhitā kho sā devatā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca -
‘‘Jānāsi no tvaṃ, mārisa, sattānaṃ nimokkhaṃ pamokkhaṃ viveka’’nti?
‘‘Jānāmi khvāhaṃ, āvuso, sattānaṃ nimokkhaṃ pamokkhaṃ viveka’’nti.
‘‘Yathā kathaṃ pana tvaṃ, mārisa, jānāsi sattānaṃ nimokkhaṃ pamokkhaṃ viveka’’nti?
‘‘Nandībhavaparikkhayā, saññāviññāṇasaṅkhayā, vedanānaṃ nirodhā upasamā - evaṃ khvāhaṃ, āvuso, jānāmi sattānaṃ nimokkhaṃ pamokkhaṃ viveka’’nti.