Arahanta Sutta

Translation by Bhikkhuni Uppalavanna


 * "A bhikkhu, who has done his duty as a worthy one
 * Having destroyed desires, bears the last body
 * He may say, `I say' or others `say it's to me'
 * A bhikkhu, who has done his duty as a worthy one
 * Having destroyed desires, bears the last body
 * May say, `I say' or others `say it's to me'
 * Clever in the ways of expression in the world,
 * He would say it, wanting to convey the meaning
 * A bhikkhu, who has done his duty as a worthy one
 * Having destroyed desires, bears the last body
 * Has overcome measuring, He may say, `I say' or others `say it's to me'
 * There are no bonds to one, who has dispelled measuring,
 * He has dispelled all signs of measuring
 * The wise one has overcome all thinking what so ever.
 * He may say, `I say' or others `say it's to me'
 * Clever in the ways of expression in the world,
 * He would say it, wanting to convey the meaning."