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distinguished/noble (visesa)

This is very well put. Thank you...

The translation "separates out" is very misleading. Translators are inclined to interpret words according to their beliefs or prejudices. He tends to pick a different shade of the meaning, which enhances his point rather than selecting what makes more sense holistically. I say holistically because, saying the mind separates from the body is not very much in line with the rest of the Buddha's teachings as a whole.

As Element said, the translation of the word visesa is distinguished . It makes more sense. Even in sinhala language, the word visesa (pronounced as visesha) means "special" or "eminent". I think the word is a pali to sinhala absorption.

So, this is spot on:

but the Buddha simply & literally said here: "if the mind has long been nurtured with conviction, nurtured with virtue, nurtured with learning, nurtured with relinquishment, nurtured with discernment then this leads (gamani) the mind (citta) to becoming (hoti) lofty (uddha) and distinguished/noble (visesa)