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- Udana VIII.2
- Nibbana Sutta
- Parinibbana (2)
- Translated from the Pali by John D. Ireland
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Thus have I heard. At one time the Lord was staying near Savatthi in the Jeta Wood at
Anathapindika's monastery. On that occasion the Lord was instructing ... the bhikkhus with
a Dhamma talk connected with Nibbana, and those bhikkhus ... were intent on listening to
Dhamma.
Then, on realizing its significance, the Lord uttered on that occasion this inspired
utterance:
The uninclined is hard to see,
The truth is not easy to see;
Craving is penetrated by one who knows,
For one who sees there is nothing.
See also: Ud VIII.1; Ud
VIII.3; Ud VIII.4.