ITI 73  Santatara sutta - More Peaceful than

Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, as I have heard:

“Rūpehi, bhikkhave, arūpā santatarā, arūpehi nirodho santataro”ti.

“Bhikkhus, the formless [element] is more peaceful than the form realm. Yet, |cessation::stilling of all thought formations, ending of all created, conditioned, dependently arisen things [nirodha]| is more peaceful than the formless element.”

Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca. Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

The Blessed One spoke on this matter. In this regard, it is said:

“Ye ca rūpūpagā sattā,
ye ca arūpaṭṭhāyino;
Nirodhaṁ appajānantā,
āgantāro punabbhavaṁ.

“Those beings who reach the form realm,
and those |established in the formless::settled in immaterial states [arūpaṭṭhāyī]|;
Not knowing cessation—
they are arrivers to |renewed existence::renewal of being, reappearance, rebirth, future life [punabbhava]|.

Ye ca rūpe pariññāya,
arūpesu asaṇṭhitā;
Nirodhe ye vimuccanti,
te janā maccuhāyino.

|Completely comprehending::fully understanding [pariññāya]| forms,
and |not caught in::not fixed in, not attached to [asaṇṭhita]| the formless;
Those who are liberated in cessation,
are the ones |who have gone beyond death::who have transcended mortality [maccuhāyino]|.

Kāyena amatadhātuṁ,
phusayitvā nirūpadhiṁ;
Upadhippaṭinissaggaṁ,
sacchikatvā anāsavo;
Deseti sammāsambuddho,
asokaṁ virajaṁ padan”ti.

Touching the deathless element with the body,
having reached the state |free from attachment::free from grasping, not taking as mine, not appropriating [nirūpadhi]|;
|Abandoning all identification::relinquishing all appropriation, giving up acquisitions [upadhippaṭinissagga]|,
having personally realized the |taint-less::undefiled, free from effluents [anāsava]|;
The perfectly Awakened One teaches,
the sorrow-free, |unblemished::pure, stainless [viraja]| state.”

Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.

This matter too was spoken by the Blessed One, as I have heard.