ud.7.7 Udana

The Discourse about the Destruction of Diversification

Thus I heard: At one time the Gracious One was dwelling near Sāvatthī, in Jeta’s Wood, at Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Then at that time the Gracious One was sitting reflecting on his own giving up of signs of conceptual diversification.

Then the Gracious One, having understood his own giving up of signs of conceptual diversification, on that occasion uttered this exalted utterance:

“He for whom there is no diversification and persistance,
Who has transcended the tether and the obstacle,
The sage who lives without craving,
Is not despised by the world and its devas.”

- Translator: Bhikkhu Ānandajoti

- Editor: Bhikkhu Sujato

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The Ending of Proliferation

So I have heard.
At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.
Now at that time the Buddha was sitting reviewing his own giving up of the concepts of identity that emerge from the proliferation of perceptions.
Then, understanding his own giving up of the concepts of identity that emerge from the proliferation of perceptions, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:
“There is no proliferation remaining in them,
the reins and bar are escaped;
the sage who lives without craving
is never scorned by the world with its gods.”