ese editions. The Sri Lankan and PTS editions read anantaā±ca, the unending/infinite. The prior reading seems preferable in that it relates to a passage in MN 19 that describes how the ordinary mind is "bent" by the results of its habitual thinking, whether in a skillful or unskillful direction. The goal, because it lies beyond the influence of any kind of kamma—physical, verbal, or mental—would thus be unbent. 9. Consciousness without surface. See DN 11 and MN 49. 10. See AN 4:173. 11. The transcribers of the Canon note that all the synonyms for the goal should be understood in full in line with the treatment of the unfabricated. CDB thus counts 44 suttas in this saṃyutta. - --> - - - -