“Householder, you may wonder how the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of various inclinations. Householder, this is how the Thus-Gone One correctly understands it: ‘These beings are interested in blue; these beings are interested in yellow; these beings are interested in red; these beings are interested in white; these beings are interested in various colors.’ Householder, that is how the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of various inclinations. When the Thus-Gone One is asked about the knowledge of various inclinations, he can respond for an eon, and so forth, up until…. Therefore, he will enjoy this temple with its sandalwood courtyard.

“Householder, you may wonder how the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of the origin as related to knowledge of various inclinations. Householder, this is how the Thus-Gone One correctly understands it. The Thus-Gone One correctly understands how to gain knowledge of the origin as related to knowledge of various inclinations, having accumulated roots of virtue in the presence of limitless blessed buddhas. Householder, moreover, the Thus-Gone One correctly understands it in the following manner. He correctly understands those causes and conditions that accomplish knowledge of the origin as related to knowledge of various inclinations. Whether he considers impermanence, and so forth, up until … whether he considers opposition, the Thus-Gone One correctly understands. When the Thus-Gone One is asked about the knowledge of the origin as related to knowledge of various inclinations, he can respond for an eon, and so forth, up until…. Therefore, he will enjoy this temple with its sandalwood courtyard.

“Householder, you may wonder how the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of cessation as related to knowledge of various inclinations. Householder, the Thus-Gone One correctly understands it in this way. He accomplished the welfare of an immeasurable number of beings and refrained from harming them. He illuminated them and cleared away their darkness. He has freed innumerable beings from suffering and established them in happiness. That is the knowledge of cessation as related to knowledge of various inclinations. Moreover, he knows it to be primordially unborn. That is what the Thus-Gone One correctly understands. When the Thus-Gone One is asked about the knowledge of cessation as related to knowledge of various inclinations, he can respond for an eon, and so forth, up until…. Therefore, he will enjoy this temple with its sandalwood courtyard.

“Householder, you may wonder how the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of the path that leads to cessation as related to knowledge of various inclinations. Householder, the Thus-Gone One correctly understands the knowledge of cessation by which he knows, understands, and actualizes the knowledge of various inclinations. Whether he contemplates insipidity, or whether he contemplates shortcomings, or whether he contemplates deliverance, the Thus-Gone One correctly understands. When the Thus-Gone One is asked about the knowledge of the path that leads to cessation as related to knowledge of various inclinations, he can respond for an eon, and so forth, up until…. Therefore, he will enjoy this temple with its sandalwood courtyard.