71(1)Liberation of Mind(1)
"Bhikkhus,these five things,when developed and cultivated,have liberation of mind as their fruit,liberation of mind as their fruit and benefit;they have liberation by wisdom as their fruit,liberation by wisdom as their fruit and benefit.
See 5:14.
What five?
Here,a bhikkhu dwells contemplating the unattractiveness of the body,perceiving the repulsiveness of food,perceiving non-delight in the entire world,contemplating impermanence in all conditioned phenomena;and he has the perception of death well established internally.
These five things,when developed and cultivated,have liberation of mind as their fruit,liberation of mind as their fruit and benefit;they have liberation by wisdom as their fruit,liberation by wisdom as their fruit and benefit.
"When a bhikkhu is liberated in mind and liberated by wisdom,he is called a bhikkhu who has removed the crossbar,filled in the moat,pulled out the pillar,a boltless one,a noble one with banner lowered,with burden dropped,detached.
This and below as at MN 22.30-35,I139-40.
"And how has a bhikkhu removed the crossbar?
Here,a bhikkhu has abandoned ignorance,cut it off at the root,made it like a palm stump,obliterated it so that it is no more subject to future arising.
It is in this way that a bhikkhu has removed the crossbar.
"And how has a bhikkhu filled in the moat?
Here,a bhikkhu has abandoned the wandering on in birth that brings renewed existence;he has cut it off at the root,made it like a palm stump,obliterated it so that it is no more subject to future arising.
It is in this way that a bhikkhu has filled in the moat.
"And how has a bhikkhu pulled out the pillar?
[85]Here,a bhikkhu has abandoned craving,cut it off at the root,made it like a palm stump,obliterated it so that it is no more subject to future arising.
It is in this way that a bhikkhu has pulled out the pillar.
"And how is a bhikkhu a boltless one?
Here,a bhikkhu has abandoned the five lower fetters,cut them off at the root,made them like a palm stump,obliterated them so that they are no more subject to future arising.
It is in this way that a bhikkhu is a boltless one.
"And how is a bhikkhu a noble one with banner lowered,with burden dropped,detached?
Here,a bhikkhu has abandoned the conceit 'I am,'cut it off at the root,made it like a palmstump,obliterated it so that it is no more subject to future arising.
It is in this way that a bhikkhu is a noble one with banner lowered,with burden dropped,detached."