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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
ike horses well trained by a charioteer,
whose pride is destroyed
and who is free from the cankers.
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There is no more worldly existence
for the wise one who,
like the earth, resents nothing,
who is firm as a high pillar
and as pure as a deep pool free from mud.
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Calm is his thought, calm his speech,
and calm his deed, who, truly knowing,
is wholly freed,
perfectly tranquil and wise.
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The man who is without blind faith,
who knows the Uncreated,
who has severed all links,
destroyed all causes (for karma, good and evil),
and thrown out all desires —
he, truly, is the most excellent of men.
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Inspiring, indeed,
is that place where Arahants dwell,
be it a village, a forest, a vale, or a hill.
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Inspiring are the forests
in which worldlings find no pleasure.
There the passionless will rejoice,
for they seek no sensual pleasures.