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Snp. 5.11 Kappamāṇavapucchā Sutta “Questions of the Brahmin Kappa” 1092. The brahmin Kappa spoke these words: “Bhante, for the one standing in the middle, great fear arises from the floods. Standing here, overcome by aging and death, please show me an island of refuge, where none of these two could ever happen to me again.” 1093. And The Blessed One answered: “Kappa, I will show you an island of refuge to overcome aging and death, for the one standing in the middle, truly faces great fears, arising from the floods. 1094. “Neither having anything, nor seizing or grabbing onto anything, that is the only island, and no other! This, I call Nibbāna, which will bring you the complete end to aging and death, once and for all. 1095. “The ones who understand this deeply and are mindful, become cooled right here, in this very birth. Thus, they are neither susceptible to Māra’s tricks, nor become pawns, at the hands of the Evil One.”