SN43_14-43: Anāsavādisutta

Anāsavādisutta - translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi

“Bhikkhus, I will teach you the taintless and the path leading to the taintless. Listen to that….

“Bhikkhus, I will teach you the truth and the path leading to the truth…. I will teach you the far shore … the subtle … the very difficult to see … the unaging … sn.iv.370 … the stable … the undisintegrating … the unmanifest … the unproliferated … the peaceful … the deathless … the sublime … the auspicious … sn.iv.371 … the secure …. the destruction of craving … the wonderful … the amazing … the unailing … the unailing state … Nibbāna … the unafflicted … dispassion … sn.iv.372 … purity … freedom … the unadhesive … the island … the shelter … the asylum … the refuge … sn.iv.373 …”

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