A mendicant free of grasping becomes extinguished.” “It’s incredible, sir, it’s amazing! that is substantial reality as far as substantial reality extends. But this is freedom from death, namely the liberation of the mind through not grasping. It seems the Buddha has explained to us how to cross over the flood by relying on one support or another. But sir, what is noble liberation?” “Ānanda, it’s when a noble disciple reflects like this: ‘Sensual pleasures in this life and in lives to come, sens