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Furthermore, friends, a monk, having completely transcended the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, enters and dwells in the cessation of perception and feeling, and having seen with wisdom, his defilements are destroyed. To this extent, friends, Nibbāna visible here and now was spoken by the Blessed One directly. The sixth. 7. The Discourse on Nibbāna 48. "Nibbāna, Nibbāna," friends, is said... The seventh. 8. The Discourse on Final Nibbāna 49. "Final Nibbāna, Final Nibbāna,"... The eighth. 9. The Discourse on Nibbāna by Suppression of Opposites 50. "Nibbāna by suppression of opposites, Nibbāna by suppression of opposites," friends, is said... The ninth. 10. The Discourse on Nibbāna in This Very Life 51. "Nibbāna in this very life, Nibbāna in this very life," friends, is said. To what extent, friends, has Nibbāna in this very life been spoken by the Blessed One? Here, friends, a monk, quite secluded from sensual pleasures... enters and dwells in the first jhana. To this extent, friends, Nibbāna in this very life was spoken by the Blessed One indirectly... Furthermore, friends, a monk, having completely transcended the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, enters and dwells in the cessation of perception and feeling, and having seen with wisdom, his defilements... or are exhausted. To this extent, indeed, friends, Nibbāna in this very life has been declared by the Blessed One unequivocally. The Tenth. The Fifth Chapter on the Common. Its Summary – Confinement, Bodily Witness, Wisdom, Both Ways, Self-evident (are) two; Nibbāna, Final Nibbāna, By that factor, and in this very life. The First Fifty is completed. 2. The Second Fifty