With the complete surmounting of perceptions of materiality, with the passing away of perceptions of sensory impingement, with non-attention to perceptions of diversity, perceiving “space is infinite,” a bhikkhu enters and dwells in the base of the infinity of space. That former perception of materiality ceases for him. At that time there is a subtle but true perception of the base of the infinity of space, and he becomes one who is percipient of this true but subtle perception of the base of the infinity of space. In this way some perceptions arise through training, and some pass away through
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