Friday, April 30, 2010

The monk who has cut off craving ...


The monk who has cut off craving without leaving a trace, as if he had dried up a swift-flowing stream, sloughs off the near shore & far* — as a snake, its decrepit old skin.

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Near and far shores are thought to be here the five lower and higher fetters**

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Fetters- See labels below

Uraga Sutta: The Snake
translated from the Pali by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.1.01.than.html

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