Dīghalaṭṭhisutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Sagāthāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 15 · Section 257

[257] Standing to one side, the young deva (devaputta) Dīghalaṭṭhi spoke this verse in the presence of the Blessed One: "A bhikkhu should be a meditator (jhāyī), one whose mind (citta) is liberated, and let him indeed aspire to the heart's attainment (hadayassānupattiṁ); having known the arising and passing away of the world, of good mind, independent — with that as his reward (ānisaṁsa)." The Nandana Sutta, the Fourth

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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