{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_thag15.2/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_thag15.2","id":"suttacentral_thag15.2","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/thag15.2/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"Awakened as a human being, self-tamed and immersed in sam\u0101dhi, following the spiritual path, he loves peace of mind. Revered by people, gone beyond all things, even the gods revere him; so I\u2019ve heard from the perfected one. He has transcended all fetters, and escaped from entanglements. Delighting to renounce sensual pleasures, he\u2019s freed like lustrous gold from stone. That giant outshines all, like the Himalaya beside other mountains. Of all those named \u201cgiant\u201d, he is truly named, supreme. I shall extol the giant for you, for he does nothing monstrous. gentleness and harmlessness are two feet of the giant. Mindfulness and awareness are his two other feet. Faith is the giant\u2019s trunk, and equanimity his white tusks. Mindfulness is his neck, his head is wisdom\u2014 investigation and thinking about principles. His belly is the sacred hearth of the Dhamma, and his tail is seclusion. Practicing absorption, enjoying the breath, he is serene within. The giant is serene when walking, the giant is serene when standing, the giant is serene when lying down, and when sitting, the giant is serene. The giant is restrained everywhere: this is the accomplishment of the giant. He eats blameless things, he doesn\u2019t eat blameworthy things. When he gets food and clothes, he avoids storing them up. Having severed all bonds, fetters large and small, wherever he goes, he goes without concern. A white lotus, fragrant and delightful, sprouts in water and grows there, but the water doesn\u2019t cling to it. Just so the Buddha is born in the world, and lives in the world, but the world doesn\u2019t stick to him, as water does not stick to the lotus. A great blazing fire dies down when the fuel runs out. And when the coals have gone out it\u2019s said to be \u201cquenched\u201d. This simile is taught by the discerning to express the meaning clearly. Great giants will understand what the giant taught the giant. Free of greed, free of hate, free of delusion, undefiled; the giant, giving up his body, undefiled, will be fully quenched.","title":"Ud\u0101y\u012b","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":341}