[Перевод] Мудрость дерева манго: беседы о прекращении страдания с Пемасири Тхера

The next characteristic of extinction, dukkha-nirodha, is the unconditioned, asankhata.  Dukkha  has  the  characteristic  of  being  conditioned,  sankhata, whereas extinction has the characteristic of being unconditioned, asaïkhata. In the conditioned, there are causes and effects, hetu-phala. In the unconditioned, there is no cause and thus no effect. In this world, we can find only two things that are unconditioned: space and nibb ā na.  We generally refer to the gap between two objects as space. But the gap between  two  objects  is  not  the  space  I  am  now  referring  to.  The  space  I  am referring to is called  ā k ā sa in Pali.  Ā k ā sa is different because, unlike the air type of space between our thumbs and forefingers,  ā k ā sa never changes, decays, or dies.  Ā k ā sa never arises and no one can ever steal it though we cannot say it is empty. These are also the qualities we can find in nibb ā na. There are no obstructions in space. In the space of the sky, we see how the birds are flying. In the space of the unconditioned, in nibb ā na, the arahats are flying and not the birds. That’s the only change we have to make. So it is with asankhata.

Дэвид Янг в беседах с Бханте Пемасири "Walking the Tightrope-Talks on Meditative Development" стр 68-69