Thag 2.9 — Gotama (1st)

English translation by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

Translation

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Thag 2:9 Gotama

At ease sleep the sages
    who
are not bound to women,
    in whom
always to be protected
is the truth
very hard to gain.
    Sensuality,
we’ve carried out
your execution.
No longer are we in your debt.
We go now to unbinding
    where,
having gone,
one doesn’t
grieve.