{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/dhp/7.htm","path":"bud/dhp/7.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/dhp/7.htm","text":"90:\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In one who \nhas gone the full distance,\nis free from sorrow,\nis fully released\nin all respects,\nhas abandoned all bonds:\nno fever is found.\n91:\nThe mindful keep active,\ndon't delight in settling back.\nThey renounce every home,\nevery home,\nlike swans taking off from a lake.\nNot hoarding,\nhaving understood food,\ntheir pasture -- emptiness\n& freedom without sign:\ntheir trail,\nlike that of birds through space,\ncan't be traced.\nEffluents ended,\nindependent of nutriment,\ntheir pasture -- emptiness\n& freedom without sign:\ntheir trail,\nlike that of birds through space,\ncan't be traced.\nHe whose senses are steadied\nlike stallions\nwell-trained by the charioteer,\nhis conceit abandoned,\nfree of effluent,\nSuch:\neven devas adore him.\nLike the earth, he doesn't react -- \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 cultured, \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Such, \nlike Indra's pillar,\nlike a lake free of mud.\nFor him \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -- Such -- \nthere's no traveling on.\nCalm is his mind,\ncalm his speech \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 & his deed: \none who's released through right knowing,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pacified,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Such.\n97*:\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The man\nfaithless / beyond conviction\nungrateful / knowing the Unmade\na burglar / who has severed connections\nwho's destroyed\nhis chances / conditions\nwho eats vomit: / has disgorged expectations:\nthe ultimate person.\n98:\nIn village or wilds,\nvalley, plateau:\nthat place is delightful\nwhere arahants dwell.\n99:\nDelightful wilds\nwhere the crowds don't delight,\nthose free from passion\ndelight,\nfor they're not searching\nfor sensual pleasures.","title":"Dhammapada VII: Arahants","type":"page"}