Satisfaction, Mental Liberation, and the Ultimate Release of the Beyond!!!
The Blessed Buddha once said:
There is the a satisfaction of the flesh, there is a mental liberation not of this world,
and there is an ultimate release far beyond even such subtle unworldly liberation …
And what, Bhikkhus, is carnal satisfaction? Satisfaction with any of the various forms,
is carnal satisfaction. And what is the mental liberation, which is not of this world?
Mental liberation from any formless state is liberation, which is not of this world …
Finally, Bhikkhus, what is the ultimate release far beyond even such unworldly liberation?
When a bhikkhu, whose mental fermentations are eliminated, reviews his stilled mind
liberated from all lust, freed from any hatred, and entirely released from all confusion,
there occurs a transcendental deliverance. This is called the release beyond that release,
which is not of this world...
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikaya. Book IV [235-7]
section 36:11 On Feeling:
Vedanā. Joys beyond this world ...
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