Water Drops from a Lotus Leaf

2 discourses

Discourses

ITI 88 Antarāmala sutta - Internal Impurity

Greed, aversion, and delusion are internal impurities that act as one’s internal enemies. Though they obscure clarity and injure one from within, most people fail to recognize their true nature.

PTS 83–84

SNP 4.6 Jarā sutta - Ageing

The Buddha shares a reflection on aging and the impermanence of life and possessions. Seeing that all we call ‘mine’ must be lost at death, one should not cling to self. The sage, like a lotus leaf unstained by water, does not cling or spurn what is seen, heard, or sensed.

PTS 158–159