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Yathā pana pubbepi taṃ maggaṃ gatapubbapuriso taṃ ṭhānaṃ āgamma ekaṃ sāṭakaṃ daḷhaṃ nivāsetvā aparaṃ hatthena gahetvā kandaraṃ uttaritvā tattapāsāṇaṃ vā akkantamattakameva karitvā parato gacchati, evamevaṃ katapubbakicco bhikkhu nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṃ samāpajjitvāva parato acittako hutvā nirodhaṃ phusitvā viharati.
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47.Just as when a man who has travelled that road before comes to that place, he puts his inner garment on securely, and taking the other in his hand, crosses over the ravine, or so acts as to tread only lightly on the hot rock and accordingly gets to the other side, so too, when the bhikkhu does the preparatory task and then attains the base consisting of neither perception nor non-perception, then he achieves cessation, which is the other side, by becoming without consciousness.
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