Udāna 57

Heartfelt Sayings 6.7

With Subhūti

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 Venerable Subhūti was sitting not far from the Buddha, cross-legged, with his body straight, having attained the immersion free of placing the mind.

2 The Buddha saw him meditating there.

3 Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:

4 “In whom mental vibrations are cleared away,

internally clipped off entirely,

perceiving the formless, beyond chains,

having overcome the four yokes,

they never return.”