One becomes Calmed by Stilling
all Agitation!
The
brahmin Māgandiya
asked the
Buddha
about how to become calmed:
Not dwelling in the past, stilled in the present, one prefers no kind of
future!
Without irritation, without agitation,
without regrets, without worry,
neither
boasting,
nor proud, but humble and
modest, one is indeed a
restrained
sage...
Withdrawn, not opposed to anything,
not wanting anything, all unconcerned,
aloof, gentle, independent, for such
one there exists neither craving or fear
for any kind of existence, nor
craving
or fear for any form of non-existence...
Such
calmed one is
indifferent to sense pleasures, detached, not
clinging to
any kind of property! For him there is nothing more to take up or lay down!
For whatever others might accuse him, he remains tranquil and not agitated!
Neither opposing anything, nor attracted to anything, with nothing of his
own,
not perturbed by what does not exist, such tranquil one is truly
calmed!
Sutta-Nipāta 849-861 Edited excerpt.
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