Udāna 67

Heartfelt Sayings 7.7

The Ending of Proliferation

1 So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time the Buddha was sitting reviewing his own giving up of the judgments driven by the proliferation of perceptions.

2 Then, understanding his own giving up of the judgments driven by the proliferation of perceptions, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:

3 “There is no proliferation remaining in those

who have passed beyond the halter and cross-bar.

The sage who lives without craving

is never scorned by the world with its gods.”