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Udana VIII.2
Nibbana Sutta
Parinibbana (2)
Translated from the Pali by John D. Ireland
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Thus have I heard. At one time the Lord was staying near Savatthi in the Jeta Wood at Anathapindika's monastery. On that occasion the Lord was instructing ... the bhikkhus with a Dhamma talk connected with Nibbana, and those bhikkhus ... were intent on listening to Dhamma.
Then, on realizing its significance, the Lord uttered on that occasion this inspired utterance:
The uninclined is hard to see,
The truth is not easy to see;
Craving is penetrated by one who knows,
For one who sees there is nothing.
See also:
Ud VIII.1;
Ud VIII.3;
Ud VIII.4.
Revised: 10 November 1999
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