Sutta Nipāta
5
Sutta 9. Todeyya-manava-puccha Sutta
Todeyya's Questions
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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Todeyya:
One in whom
there dwell no sensualities;
one in whom
no craving is found;
one who has crossed over perplexity --
his emancipation:
what is it like?
The Buddha:
One in whom
there dwell no sensualities;
one in whom
no craving is found;
one who has crossed over perplexity --
his emancipation
is not other than that.
Todeyya:
Is he without desire,
or desiring?
Discerning or
still acquiring discernment?
Describe the sage to me, Sakyan
with the all-around eye,
so that I may recognize
what he is like.
The Buddha:
He's without desire,
not desiring;
discerning,
not still acquiring discernment.
Recognize the sage, Todeyya,
as having nothing,
unentangled
in sensuality
and becoming.
