{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_thag11.1/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_thag11.1","id":"suttacentral_thag11.1","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/thag11.1/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cWhat good does it do you to be in the grove, my dear? You\u2019re like a little bird in the monsoon! The city of Verambh\u0101 is nice for you\u2014 seclusion is for meditators.\u201d \u201cJust as the wind in Verambh\u0101 scatters the monsoon clouds as they pour down, so the city scatters my perception of seclusion.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s all black and born of an egg\u2014 the crow whose abode is the charnel ground rouses my mindfulness, based on dispassion for the body.\u201d \u201cHe who is not guarded by others, and who does not guard others, truly sleeps at ease, mendicant, unconcerned for sensual pleasures.\u201d \u201cThe water\u2019s clear and the rocks are broad, monkeys and deer are all around; festooned with dewy moss, these rocky crags delight me! I\u2019ve stayed in the wilderness, in caves and caverns and remote lodgings frequented by beasts of prey. \u2018May these beings be killed! May they be slaughtered! May they suffer!\u2019\u2014 I\u2019m not aware of having any such ignoble, hateful thoughts. I\u2019ve served the Teacher and fulfilled the Buddha\u2019s instructions. The heavy burden is laid down, the leash to existence is eradicated. I\u2019ve attained the goal for the sake of which I went forth from the lay life to homelessness\u2014 the ending of all fetters. I don\u2019t long for death; I don\u2019t long for life; I await my time, like a worker waiting for their wages. I don\u2019t long for death; I don\u2019t long for life; I await my time, aware and mindful.\u201d","title":"Sa\u1e45kicca","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":246}