11.
The Discourse on the Visitor
159.
"Just as, monks, a guest house.
There, having come from the eastern direction, they take up residence; having come from the western direction, they take up residence; having come from the northern direction, they take up residence; having come from the southern direction, they take up residence; those of the warrior caste, having come, take up residence; brahmins, having come, take up residence; those of the merchant caste, having come, take up residence; those of the worker caste, having come, take up residence;
so too, monks, a monk developing the noble eightfold path, cultivating the noble eightfold path, through direct knowledge, fully understands those mental states that are to be fully understood through direct knowledge; through direct knowledge, abandons those mental states that are to be abandoned through direct knowledge; through direct knowledge, realises those mental states that are to be realised through direct knowledge; through direct knowledge, develops those mental states that are to be developed through direct knowledge.
And what, monks, are the mental states to be fully understood through direct knowledge? It should be said: the five aggregates of clinging. Which five? That is: the aggregate of clinging to matter, etc. the aggregate of clinging to consciousness. These, monks, are the mental states to be fully understood through direct knowledge. And what, monks, are the mental states to be abandoned through direct knowledge? Ignorance and craving for existence - these, monks, are the mental states to be abandoned through direct knowledge. And what, monks, are the mental states to be realised through direct knowledge? True knowledge and liberation - these, monks, are the mental states to be realised through direct knowledge. And what, monks, are the mental states to be developed through direct knowledge? Serenity and insight - these, monks, are the mental states to be developed through direct knowledge. And how, monks, does a monk developing the noble eightfold path, cultivating the noble eightfold path, through direct knowledge, fully understand those mental states that are to be fully understood through direct knowledge, etc. through direct knowledge, develop those mental states that are to be developed through direct knowledge? Here, monks, a monk develops right view, etc. he develops right concentration, based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion, based upon cessation, maturing in release, etc. Thus, monks, a monk developing the noble eightfold path, cultivating the noble eightfold path, through direct knowledge, fully understands those mental states that are to be fully understood through direct knowledge; through direct knowledge, abandons those mental states that are to be abandoned through direct knowledge; through direct knowledge, realises those mental states that are to be realised through direct knowledge; through direct knowledge, develops those mental states that are to be developed through direct knowledge." The eleventh.