Itivuttaka 69

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69. Dutiyaragasuttam (Passion)

This was said by the Lord Buddha(Bhagavata), said by the Arahant, so I have heard:

“Monks, anyone—monk or nun—in whom passion(raag) is unabandoned, aversion(dosa) is unabandoned, & delusion(moha) is unabandoned, is said not to have crossed the ocean with its waves, breakers, & whirlpools, its seizers & demons.[1] Anyone—monk or nun—in whom passion is abandoned, aversion is abandoned, & delusion is abandoned, is said to have crossed the ocean with its waves, breakers, & whirlpools, its seizers & demons. Having crossed over, having reached the far shore, he/she stands on high ground, a brahman.”

One whose passion(raag), aversion(dosa), & ignorance(avijja) have faded away, has crossed over this ocean with its seizers, demons, dangerous waves, so hard to cross. Free from upadhi(mental attributes) —bonds surmounted, death abandoned— he has abandoned suffering with no further becoming (bhava). Having gone to the goal he is undefined,[2] has outwitted, I tell you, the King of Death(Mara).

NOTES:

1. See No.109.

2. See No.63. For further discussion of the Arahant as undefined, see SN 23:2, SN 22:36, and Skill in Questions, Appendix Four.