Khuddaka / Khuddakanikāya / Suttanipāta
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
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1.1 The Serpent
The Serpent
When anger surges, they drive it out, as with medicine a cobra’s spreading venom. Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far, as a serpent its old worn-out skin.
They’ve cut off greed entirely, like a lotus plucked flower and stalk. Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far, as a serpent its old worn-out skin.
They’ve cut off craving entirely, drying up that swift-flowing stream. Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far, as a serpent its old worn-out skin.
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About this edition
- The words
- Bhikkhu Sujato's English translation, copied word for word.
- Copied from
SuttaCentral Bilara: complete Suttanipāta, Bhikkhu Sujato
- Left out
- Explicit native end-of-work/section rubric, closing furniture rather than narrative. (3 blocks)