n.1 This is the escape from form: formlessness. And as for whatever has come into being, is fabricated & dependently co-arisen, the escape from that is cessation. These are the three properties for escape." Knowing the escape from sensuality, & the overcoming of forms –ardent always– touching the stilling of all fabrications: he is a monk whoâs seen rightly. From that he is there released. A master of direct knowing, at peace, he is a sage gone beyond bonds. Note 1. Renunciation here means the first level of jhṅna, which is attained when one is secluded from sensual passion and unskillful mental qualities. On formlessness and cessation, see the note to §51. See also AN 5:200. - --> - - - -