Arahantavagga: The Arahant or Perfected One
- The fever of passion exists not for him who has completed the journey, who is sorrowless and wholly set free, and has broken all ties.
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The mindful ones exert themselves. They are not attached to any home; like swans that abandon the lake, they leave home after home behind.
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Those who do not accumulate and are wise regarding food, whose object is the Void, the Unconditioned Freedom — their track cannot be traced, like that of birds in the air.
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He whose cankers are destroyed and who is not attached to food, whose object is the Void, the Unconditioned Freedom — his path cannot be traced, like that of birds in the air.
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Even the gods hold dear the wise one, whose senses are subdued like horses well trained by a charioteer, whose pride is destroyed and who is free from the cankers. Continue reading