Remote & Solitary is Forest Bliss!
The forest bhikkhu pays much
attention to the experience of the forest.
He thereby enters even deeper yet unattained depths of concentration.
By living
thus remote he is not distracted by any unsuitable phenomena.
He is free from
all anxiety and stress. He abandons attachment to life.
He enjoys a taste of the bliss of seclusion, and the silenced
mental peace.
He lives secluded and apart. Calm and remote abodes delight his heart.
The hermit that in woods can dwell alone, may gain this
sweet bliss as well,
which sublime taste is beyond the royal bliss even in any
heavenly paradise.
So does the forest delight any wise man calmed
by his fine dwelling's ease.
Sources:
MN 121, AN III 343, Vism I 73
ALONE
The one who sits and lives solitary,
& walks alone finds great delight
in the silence of the forest...
Dhammapada story 305 |
SUCH ONE
The One wearing only 3 robes,
who is thin with veins showing,
who meditates alone in the forest,
such one is a Holy One...
Dhammapada story 395 |
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