Visuddhimagga XVI-77

 Tathā sampannadiṭṭhino taṃsampayuttaṃ micchāsaṅkappanighātakaṃ cetaso nibbānapadābhiniropanaṃ sammāsaṅkappo. So sammā cittābhiniropanalakkhaṇo, appanāraso, micchāsaṅkappappahānapaccupaṭṭhāno.

（二）具有如上述的见（的瑜伽）者的──与正见相应而破除邪思惟之心的决定于涅盘为「正思惟」；正心的决定是它的特相，令心安止是它的作用，断除邪思惟是它的现状。

Ñ(XVI,77): When he possesses such view, his directing of the mind on to nibbana, which [directing] is associated with that [right view], abolishes wrong thinking, and that is right thinking. Its characteristic is right directing of the mind on to [its object]. Its function is to bring about absorption [of the path consciousness in nibbana as object]. It is manifested as the abandoning of wrong thinking.


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