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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