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Dhammapada — Chapter 7: Arahantavagga

10 verses

Verse 1

For one who has completed the journey, who is free from sorrow, fully liberated in all respects, who has abandoned all bonds — there is no more burni…

Verse 2

The mindful ones exert themselves; they do not delight in a home. Like swans that leave a lake, they leave home after home behind.

Verse 3

Those who have no accumulations, who eat with understanding, whose domain is the void, the signless, and liberation — their path is hard to trace, li…

Verse 4

He whose taints are destroyed, who is not dependent on food, whose domain is the void, the signless, and liberation — his track is hard to trace, lik…

Verse 5

He whose senses are calmed, like horses well trained by a charioteer, whose pride is destroyed, who is free from taints — even the gods envy such a s…