iti.51 Itivuttaka

Elements

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Mendicants, there are these three elements.
What three?
The elements of form, formlessness, and cessation.
These are the three elements.”
The Buddha spoke this matter.
On this it is said:
“Comprehending the element of form,
not stuck in the formless,
those who are released in cessation,
they are conquerors of death.
Having directly experienced the deathless element,
free of attachments;
having realised relinquishment
of attachments, the undefiled
fully awakened Buddha teaches
the sorrowless, stainless state.”
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.