Mahaparinibbanasuttam (DN 16) - Ancient Buddhist Texts

The Third Chapter for Recitation - 115
evam-eva ajjhattaṁ arūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati,
so, without perceiving forms internally, someone sees forms externally,
lohitāni lohitavaṇṇāni lohitanidassanāni lohitanibhāsāni,
red, red-coloured, of red appearance, shiny red,
tāni abhibhuyya: ‘jānāmi passāmī” ti evaṁsaññī hoti.
and having mastered them, he is one who perceives thus: ‘I know, I see’.
Idaṁ sattamaṁ abhibhāyatanaṁ.
This is the seventh means of (mind) mastery.
8) Ajjhattaṁ arūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati,
Without perceiving forms internally, someone sees forms externally,
odātāni odātavaṇṇāni odātanidassanāni odātanibhāsāni,
white, white-coloured, of white appearance, shiny white,
seyyathā pi nāma osadhitārakā odātā odātavaṇṇā odātanidassanā odātanibhāsā,
just as the Osadhī star, is white, white-coloured, of white appearance, shiny white,
seyyathā vā pana taṁ vatthaṁ Bārāṇaseyyakaṁ ubhatobhāgavimaṭṭhaṁ
or just as there is Banaras cloth smoothed on both sides that
odātaṁ odātavaṇṇaṁ odātanidassanaṁ odātanibhāsaṁ,
is white, white-coloured, of white appearance, shiny white,
evam-eva ajjhattaṁ arūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati,
so, without perceiving forms internally, someone sees forms externally,
odātāni odātavaṇṇāni odātanidassanāni odātanibhāsāni,
white, white-coloured, of white appearance, shiny white,
tāni abhibhuyya: ‘jānāmi passāmī” ti evaṁsaññī hoti.
and having mastered them, he is one who perceives thus: ‘I know, I see’.
Idaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ abhibhāyatanaṁ.
This is the eighth means of (mind) mastery.
Imāni kho Ānanda aṭṭha abhibhāyatanāni.
These, Ānanda, are the eight means of (mind) mastery.