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with a mind imbued with loving-kindness, vast, exalted, immeasurable, without hostility, without ill will. He dwells pervading one direction with a mind imbued with compassion... with a mind imbued with sympathetic joy... with a mind imbued with equanimity, likewise the second, likewise the third, likewise the fourth. Thus, above, below, across, everywhere, in every way, he dwells pervading the entire world with a mind imbued with equanimity, vast, exalted, immeasurable, without hostility, without ill will. Thus, monks, does a bhikkhu attain the Brahma state." "And how, monks, does a bhikkhu attain imperturbability? Here, monks, a bhikkhu, with the complete transcendence of perceptions of form, with the disappearance of perceptions of sensory impact, with non-attention to perceptions of diversity, (thinking) 'Space is infinite,' he enters and dwells in the base of infinite space. With the complete transcendence of the base of infinite space, (thinking) 'Consciousness is infinite,' he enters and dwells in the base of infinite consciousness. With the complete transcendence of the base of infinite consciousness, (thinking) 'There is nothing,' he enters and dwells in the base of nothingness. With the complete transcendence of the base of nothingness, he enters and dwells in the base of neither perception nor non-perception. Thus, monks, does a bhikkhu attain imperturbability." A monk attains imperturbability. "And how, monks, does a monk attain the noble? Here, monks, a monk understands 'this is suffering' as it really is... he understands 'this is the path leading to the cessation of suffering' as it really is. Thus indeed, monks, a monk attains the noble." The tenth. The Chapter on Brahmins [The Chapter on Warriors (in some editions)] is the fourth. Its Summary – Warriors, the discourse on surety, fearlessness, by the truth of the brahmin, the fifth; The ditch-digger and Vassakāra, Upaka, and realization, and Uposatha.