1“Reverend, they speak of ‘a safe place’. In what way did the Buddha speak of a safe place?”

2“First, take a mendicant who, quite secluded from sensual pleasures … enters and remains in the first absorption. To this extent the Buddha spoke of a safe place in a qualified sense. …

3Furthermore, take a mendicant who, going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, enters and remains in the cessation of perception and feeling. And, having seen with wisdom, their defilements come to an end. To this extent the Buddha spoke of a safe place in a definitive sense.”

1"‘Khemaṁ, kheman’ti, āvuso, vuccati. Kittāvatā nu kho, āvuso, khemaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā"ti?

2"Idhāvuso, bhikkhu vivicceva kāmehi … pe … paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati. Ettāvatāpi kho, āvuso, khemaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā pariyāyena … pe … .

3Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ upasampajja viharati, paññāya cassa disvā āsavā parikkhīṇā honti. Ettāvatāpi kho, āvuso, khemaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā nippariyāyenā"ti.

Paṭhamaṁ.