Again, monks, a monk abides contemplating mind-objects as mind-objects in respect of the six internal and external sense-bases.
How does he do so?
Here, a monk,
knows the eye, knows sight-objects, and he knows whatever fetter arises dependent on the two. And he knows how an unarisen fetter comes to arise, and he knows how the abandonment of an arisen fetter comes about, knows how the non-arising of the abandoned fetter in the future will come about.
knows the ear, knows sounds, and he knows whatever fetter arises dependent on the two. And he knows how an unarisen fetter comes to arise, and he knows how the abandonment of an arisen fetter comes about, knows how the non-arising of the abandoned fetter in the future will come about.
knows the nose, knows smells, and he knows whatever fetter arises dependent on the two. And he knows how an unarisen fetter comes to arise, and he knows how the abandonment of an arisen fetter comes about, knows how the non-arising of the abandoned fetter in the future will come about.
knows the tongue, knows tastes, and he knows whatever fetter arises dependent on the two. And he knows how an unarisen fetter comes to arise, and he knows how the abandonment of an arisen fetter comes about, knows how the non-arising of the abandoned fetter in the future will come about.
knows the body, knows tangibles, and he knows whatever fetter arises dependent on the two. And he knows how an unarisen fetter comes to arise, and he knows how the abandonment of an arisen fetter comes about, knows how the non-arising of the abandoned fetter in the future will come about.
knows the mind, knows mind-objects, and he knows whatever fetter arises dependent on the two. And he knows how an unarisen fetter comes to arise, and he knows how the abandonment of an arisen fetter comes about, knows how the non-arising of the abandoned fetter in the future will come about.
So he abides contemplating mind-objects as mind-objects internally, contemplating mind-objects as mind-objects externally, contemplating mind-objects as mind-objects both internally and externally.
He abides contemplating arising phenomena in the mind-objects, He abides contemplating vanishing phenomena in the mind-objects, He abides contemplating both arising and vanishing phenomena in the mind-objects.
Or else, mindfulness that "there is a mind-object" is present to him just to the extent necessary for the knowledge and awareness. And he abides independent, not clinging to anything in the world. And that, monks, is how a monk abides contemplating mind-objects as mind-objects.
