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SN 1.10
Arañña Sutta
A Face So Calm
Translated from the Pali by
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PTS: S i 4
CDB i 93
Source: Transcribed from Insight Journal, Fall 2005, with permission from the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.
Copyright © 2005 Andrew Olendzki.
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[Devata:]
Those who abide in the forest, Peaceful, living the holy life; Those who eat but a single meal; — why is it their face is so calm?
[The Buddha:]
They do not grieve over the past, Nor do they yearn for the future; They live only in the present — That is why their face is so calm. It's from yearning for the future, And from grieving over the past; This is how fools become withered — Like a fresh reed that's been hacked down.