The Blessed Buddha
once said:
He who can curb his anger as soon as it arises,
as a timely medicine will check the snake's venom
that so
quickly spreads, such a monk gives
up both
the here and the beyond, just as a snake sheds
its worn-out skin.
He who entirely cuts off
his lust as when entering
a pond one
uproots lotus plants such a monk gives
up both the here and the beyond, just as a snake
sheds
its worn-out skin.
He who entirely cuts off all craving by drying up
its fierce
and rapid flow, such a monk gives
up
both the here and the beyond, just as a snake
sheds
its worn-out skin.
He who entirely blots out the conceit "I Am" as
the wind demolishes a
fragile bamboo bridge,
such a monk gives
up the here and the beyond,
just as a snake sheds
its worn-out skin.
He who does not find core
or substance in any of
the realms of being, like flowers which are
vainly
sought in the fig trees that bear no flowers,
such a monk gives
up the here and the beyond,
just as a snake sheds
its worn-out skin.
More on Release (Vimokkha,
Vimutti):
Freed by
Knowing,
Fulfilling_Release_by_Wisdom,
The_8_Deliverances,
Self-Control_Releases,
Beyond_Release
Source: Sutta-Nipāta
1-5:
Reflections on the Uraga Sutta by Nyanaponika Thera.
Wheels 241/242 Kandy; Buddhist Publication Society:
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh241-u.html
