“Having approached you, we ask a question
Of the slender hero with antelope calves,
Greedless, subsisting on little food,
Wandering alone like a lion or naga,
Without concern for sensual pleasures:
How is one released from suffering?”“Five cords of sensual pleasure in the world,
With mind declared to be the sixth:
Having expunged desire here,
One is thus released from suffering.”
sn.1.30 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)
Antelope Calves
- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Editor: Blake Walsh
Antelope Calves
“O hero so lean, with antelope calves,not greedy, eating little,
an elephant, wandering alone like a lion,
you’re not concerned for sensual pleasures.
We’ve come to ask a question:
How is one released from all suffering?”
“There are five kinds of sensual stimulation in the world,
and the mind is said to be the sixth.
When you’ve discarded desire for these,
you’re released from all suffering.”