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SN 1.10
Arañña Sutta
The Wilderness
Translated from the Pali by
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PTS: S i 4
CDB i 93
Source: Transcribed from a file provided by the translator.
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Standing to one side, a devata addressed the Blessed One with a verse:
Living in the wilderness, staying peaceful, remaining chaste, eating just one meal a day: why are their faces so bright & serene?
[The Buddha:]
They don't sorrow over the past, don't long for the future. They survive on the present. That's why their faces are bright & serene. From longing for the future, from sorrowing over the past, fools wither away like a green reed cut down.