Thag 2.36Nitaka
Pāli / Sanskrit:Nitakattheragāthā
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– THERAGĀTHĀ
– BOOK OF THE TWOS
2.36. Khitaka
BJT 191“Whose mind is like a rock, steady and unshaken, no longer attached to things that inspire attachment and not irritated by things that inspire irritation? For one whose mind is developed in this way, from where could suffering come?
BJT 192“My mind is like a rock, steady and unshaken, no longer attached to things that inspire attachment and not irritated by things that inspire irritation. With my mind developed in this way, from where could suffering come to me?”
The venerable elder Khitaka spoke these verses thus.
The verses of the elder Khitaka.
Translated by Bhikkhu Indacanda , 2011 . Based on the Buddha Jayanthi edition of the Pali canon, as corrected by Bhikkhu Indacanda. Full text, translation, and notes are available at the translator’s website: http://tamtangpaliviet.net/.
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