2019.12.29 Sunday

Fond of Conceit
Manakāma Sutta  (SN 1:9)

Standing to one side, a devatā addressed the Blessed One with a verse:

“Here there’s no taming
for one fond of conceit,
no sagacity
for one unconcentrated.
One dwelling alone in the wilderness
heedlessly
won’t cross over beyond
Deaths’ realm."

The Buddha:

“Abandoning conceit,
his mind well-concentrated,
well-aware, everywhere
released,1
one dwelling alone in the wilderness
heedfully:
He will cross over beyond
Death’s realm."

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN1_9.html

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