iti.94 Itivuttaka

Investigating

This was said by the Lord…

“Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu should so investigate that as he investigates, his consciousness is not distracted and diffused externally, and internally is not fixed, and by not grasping anything he should remain undisturbed. If his consciousness is not distracted and diffused externally, and internally is not fixed, and if by not grasping anything he remains undisturbed, then there is no coming into existence of birth, ageing, death, and suffering in the future.”

When a bhikkhu has abandoned
The seven ties and cut the cord,
His wandering on in births is finished:
There is no renewal of being for him.

- Translator: John D. Ireland

- Editor: Bhikkhu Sujato

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Examination

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Mendicants, a mendicant should examine in any such a way that their consciousness is neither scattered and diffused externally nor stuck internally, and they are not anxious because of grasping.
When this is the case and they are no longer anxious, there is for them no coming to be of the origin of suffering—of rebirth, old age, and death in the future.”
The Buddha spoke this matter.
On this it is said:
“For one who has given up seven chains,
a mendicant who has cut the cord,
transmigration through births is finished,
now there’ll be no more future lives.”
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.