iti.57 Itivuttaka

Taints (2)

This was said by the Lord…

“Bhikkhus, there are these three taints …”

One for whom the taint of desire
For sensual pleasures has been destroyed,
Who has eliminated ignorance
And exhausted the taint of being—
Such a one is released without clinging.
Having conquered Māra and his mount,
He bears his final body.

- Translator: John D. Ireland

- Editor: Bhikkhu Sujato

---

Defilements (2nd)

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Mendicants, there are these three defilements.
What three?
The defilements of sensuality, desire to be reborn, and ignorance.
These are the three defilements.”
The Buddha spoke this matter.
On this it is said:
“One who has ended the defilement of sensuality,
whose ignorance has faded away,
and whose desire to be reborn is finished—
liberated, free of attachments,
they bear their final body,
having vanquished Māra and his mount.”
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.