At Sāvatthī. Then, late at night, a glorious deity, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him:

“Good sir, do you know the liberation, emancipation, and seclusion for sentient beings?”

“I do, sir.”

“But in what way do you know this?”

“Because of ending the relishing of rebirth,
and the finishing of perception and consciousness,
and the cessation and stilling of feelings:
that, sir, is how I know
the liberation, emancipation, and seclusion of sentient beings.”