1. Paṭhamavagga

Chapter One

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1. Paṭhamavagga

Chapter One

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Dutiyakassapasutta

With Kassapa (2nd)

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Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

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Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho kassapo devaputto bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

Standing to one side, the godling Kassapa spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:

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“Bhikkhu siyā jhāyī vimuttacitto,

“If a mendicant is a meditator, freed in mind,

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Ākaṅkhe ce hadayassānupattiṁ;

and if they desire the heart’s fulfillment—

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Lokassa ñatvā udayabbayañca,

having known the arising and passing of the world,

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Sucetaso anissito tadānisaṁso”ti.

good-hearted, independent, that is their reward.”