Daily Words of the Buddha for August 20, 2013

Yassa nittiṇṇo paṅko,

Maddito kāmakaṇṭako,

Mohakkhayaṃ anuppatto

Sukhadukkhesu na vedhatī sa bhikkhū.

That bhikkhu who has crossed the mire,

Crushed the thorn of sensual desire,

And reached the destruction of delusion

Is not perturbed by pleasures and pains.

Udāna 3.22

The Udāna and the Itivuttaka, trans. John D. Ireland