Anthology of Discourses 1.1

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1. Anthology of Discourses 1.1
2. The Serpent
3. When anger surges, they drive it out,
4. as with medicine a snake’s spreading venom.
5. Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
6. as a serpent its old worn-out skin.
7. They’ve cut off greed entirely,
8. like a lotus plucked flower and stalk.
9. Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
10. as a serpent its old worn-out skin.
11. They’ve cut off craving entirely,
12. drying up that swift-flowing stream.
13. Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
14. as a serpent its old worn-out skin.
15. They’ve swept away conceit entirely,
16. as a fragile bridge of reeds by a great flood.
17. Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
18. as a serpent its old worn-out skin.
19. In future lives they find no core,
20. as an inspector of fig trees finds no flower.
21. Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
22. as a serpent its old worn-out skin.
23. They hide no anger within,
24. gone beyond any kind of existence.
25. Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
26. as a serpent its old worn-out skin.
27. Their mental vibrations are cleared away,
28. internally clipped off entirely.
29. Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
30. as a serpent its old worn-out skin.
31. They have not run too far nor run back,
32. but have gone beyond all this proliferation.
33. Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
34. as a serpent its old worn-out skin.
35. They have not run too far nor run back,
36. for they know that nothing in the world
    is what it seems.
37. Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
38. as a serpent its old worn-out skin.
39. They have not run too far nor run back,
40. knowing nothing is what it seems, free of greed.
41. Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
42. as a serpent its old worn-out skin.
43. They have not run too far nor run back,
44. knowing nothing is what it seems, free of lust.
45. Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
46. as a serpent its old worn-out skin.
47. They have not run too far nor run back,
48. knowing nothing is what it seems, free of hate.
49. Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
50. as a serpent its old worn-out skin.
51. They have not run too far nor run back,
52. knowing nothing is what it seems, free of delusion.
53. Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
54. as a serpent its old worn-out skin.
55. They have no underlying tendencies at all,
56. and are rid of unskillful roots,
57. Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
58. as a serpent its old worn-out skin.
59. They have nothing born of distress at all
60. to make them to return to the near shore.
61. Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
62. as a serpent its old worn-out skin.
63. They have nothing born of entanglement at all,
64. that would shackle them to a new life.
65. Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
66. as a serpent its old worn-out skin.
67. They’ve given up the five hindrances,
68. untroubled, rid of indecision, free of thorns.
69. Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
70. as a serpent its old worn-out skin.