Just as the destination of a glowing fire
struck with a [blacksmith’s] iron hammer,
gradually growing calm,
isn’t known:1
Even so, there’s no destination to describe
for those rightly released
–having crossed over the flood
of sensuality’s bond–
for those who’ve attained
unwavering bliss.
Notes
1. For a discussion of the ancient Buddhist view of what happened to an extinguished fire, see The Mind Like Fire Unbound, Chapters 1 and 2.
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