Freed by WisdomPaññāvimuttasutta

“Reverend, they speak of one ‘freed by wisdom’.“‘Paññāvimutto, paññāvimutto’ti, āvuso, vuccati. What is the one freed by wisdom that the Buddha spoke of?”Kittāvatā nu kho, āvuso, paññāvimutto vutto bhagavatā”ti?

“First, take a mendicant who, quite secluded from sensual pleasures … enters and remains in the first absorption.“Idhāvuso, bhikkhu vivicceva kāmehi …pe… paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati, And they understand that with wisdom.paññāya ca naṁ pajānāti. To this extent the Buddha spoke of the one freed by wisdom in a qualified sense. …Ettāvatāpi kho, āvuso, paññāvimutto vutto bhagavatā pariyāyena …pe….

Furthermore, take a mendicant who, going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, enters and remains in the cessation of perception and feeling. And, having seen with wisdom, their defilements come to an end.Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ upasampajja viharati, paññāya cassa disvā āsavā parikkhīṇā honti, And they understand that with wisdom.paññāya ca naṁ pajānāti. To this extent the Buddha spoke of the one freed by wisdom in a definitive sense.”Ettāvatāpi kho, āvuso, paññāvimutto vutto bhagavatā nippariyāyenā”ti.