MN106 and grasping to the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception

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For the best thing to grasp is the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception?

What is the meaning of above? Why that so?

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“Indeed, Ānanda.
“Upādānaseṭṭhañhi so, ānanda, bhikkhu upādiyamāno upādiyati.
For the best thing to grasp is
Upādānaseṭṭhañhetaṃ, ānanda, yadidaṃ—
the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception.
nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṃ.

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Ven Thannisaro translate it as:

"Being sustained, Ananda, he is sustained by the supreme sustenance; for this — the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception — is the supreme sustenance.

https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.106.than.html#fnt-1

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I take it as an encouragement to develop jhana.

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Tagging bhante @sujato may help in terms of giving him a chance to present his reasons for the translation.

:anjal:

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As that sutta itself answers your question: Evaṃ upekkhaṃ paṭilabhati (because in that way they gain equanimity)