Monks, there are these three deliverances. What three? The emptiness deliverance, the signless deliverance, and the desireless deliverance. These, monks, are the three deliverances.
What is the emptiness deliverance?
Here, monks, a monk, gone to the forest or to the root of a tree or to an empty place, reflects: ‘This is empty of a self or that which belongs to a self.’ In this way he construes no misinterpretation [regarding phenomena], therefore it is deliverance through emptiness. This is the emptiness deliverance.
What is the signless deliverance?
Here, monks, a monk, gone to the forest or to the root of a tree or to an empty place, reflects: ‘This is empty of a self or that which belongs to a self.’ In this way he construes no signs [regarding phenomena], therefore it is deliverance through signlessness. This is the signless deliverance.
What is the desireless deliverance?
Here, monks, a monk, gone to the forest or to the root of a tree or to an empty place, reflects: ‘This is empty of a self or that which belongs to a self.’ In this way he construes no desire [regarding phenomena], therefore it is deliverance through desirelessness. This is the desireless deliverance.
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When he gives attention as impermanent his mind emerges from the sign; his mind enters into the signless.
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Gnosis of contemplation of the signlessness of form… feeling… recognition… fabrications… consciousness… etc., is signless deliverance because it liberates from all signs.