SN.1.21. Sattisutta ("A Sword")
Saṁyutta Nikāya ("The Linked Discourses")At Sāvatthī.
Standing to one side, that deity recited this verse in the Buddha’s presence:
“Like they’re struck by a sword,
like their head was on fire,
a mendicant, mindful, should go forth,
to give up sensual desire.”
“Like they’re struck by a sword,
like their head was on fire,
a mendicant, mindful, should go forth,
to give up identity view.”
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