Thag 2.36 — Nitaka

English translation by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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Thag 2:36 Khitaka

Whose mind, standing like rock,
    doesn’t shake,
dispassionate for things that spark passion,
unprovoked by things that spark provocation?
    When one’s mind is developed like this,
    from where can there come to him
    suffering & stress?

My mind, standing like rock,
    doesn’t shake,
dispassionate for things that spark passion,
unprovoked by things that spark provocation.
    When my mind is developed like this,
    from where can there come to me
    suffering & stress?