AN3.32 — Lakkhaṇa Sutta
Then, the Venerable Ānanda approached the Blessed One, and after approaching, he paid homage to the Blessed One and sat down to one side. While sitting to one side, the Venerable Ānanda said to the Blessed One, Venerable Sir, is it possible for a disciple to attain such a state of concentration where in this conscious body there would be no underlying tendencies of conceit, possessiveness, or pride, and externally, in all signs, there would be no underlying tendencies of conceit, possessiveness, or pride; and while dwelling having attained the liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom, there would be no underlying tendencies of conceit, possessiveness, or pride, and he would dwell having attained that liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom?
It is possible, Ānanda, for a disciple to attain such a state of concentration where in this conscious body there would be no underlying tendencies of conceit, possessiveness, or pride, and externally, in all signs, there would be no underlying tendencies of conceit, possessiveness, or pride; and while dwelling having attained the liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom, there would be no underlying tendencies of conceit, possessiveness, or pride, and he would dwell having attained that liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom.
But how, Venerable Sir, is it possible for a disciple to attain such a state of concentration where in this conscious body there would be no underlying tendencies of conceit, possessiveness, or pride, and externally, in all signs, there would be no underlying tendencies of conceit, possessiveness, or pride; and while dwelling having attained the liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom, there would be no underlying tendencies of conceit, possessiveness, or pride, and he would dwell having attained that liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom?
Here, Ānanda, a disciple considers thus: This is peaceful, this is sublime, namely, the calming of all formations, the relinquishment of all acquisitions, the destruction of craving, dispassion, cessation, Nibbāna. It is in this way, Ānanda, that a disciple can attain such a state of concentration where in this conscious body there would be no underlying tendencies of conceit, possessiveness, or pride, and externally, in all signs, there would be no underlying tendencies of conceit, possessiveness, or pride; and while dwelling having attained the liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom, there would be no underlying tendencies of conceit, possessiveness, or pride, and he would dwell having attained that liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom.
And this, Ānanda, was spoken by me with reference to the question of Puṇṇaka in the Pārāyana: Having understood the world with its various aspects, for whom there is no clinging anywhere in the world; peaceful, without smoke, free from distress, without longing, he has crossed over birth and aging, I declare.