Sattiya Sutta

Translation by Bhikkhuni Uppalavanna

I heard thus. Once the Blessed One lived in Sàvatthi, in Jeta's grove in the monastery offered by Anàthapiõóika. When the night was waning, a certain deity illuminating the whole of Jeta's grove approached the Blessed One worshipped, stood on a side and said:


 * "As though tormented, touching the top, with a sword
 * The bhikkhu does the recluseship mindfully to dispel sensual greed."

As though tormented, touching the top with a sword
 * The bhikkhu does the recluseship mindfully to dispel the deluded view of a self."