[417] "Seeing in what way, of what conduct,
is one called 'at peace' (upasanta)?
Asked this, O Gotama, tell me
of the supreme person."
"Rid of craving (taṇhā) before the breakup [of the body]," (said the Blessed One),
"not dependent on the former end [the past],
not to be reckoned in the middle [the present]—
for him there is nothing placed in front [no expectation].
Free from anger, free from trembling,
not boastful, without remorse,
speaking with deliberation, not restless—
he truly is a sage (muni) restrained in speech.
Without attachment regarding the future,
he does not grieve over the past;
a seer of seclusion amid contacts (phassa),
he is not led away among views.
Withdrawn, without deceit,
without hankering, without stinginess,
not impudent, not contemptible,
and not given to divisive speech;
not addicted to pleasurable things,
nor given to arrogance,
gentle and of ready wit,
he is neither credulous nor does he grow dispassionate.
He does not train out of desire for gain,
nor is he angered when gain is lacking;
free from hostility, he does not
through craving hanker after tastes.
Possessed of equanimity (upekkhā), ever mindful,
he does not conceive himself in the world as equal,
nor as superior, nor as inferior:
for him there are no swellings (ussada) [of conceit].
He for whom there is no dependency—
who, having understood the Dhamma, is independent—
in whom is found no craving
for existence or for non-existence—
him I call 'one at peace,'
without regard for sensual pleasures;
in him no knots (gantha) are found;
he has crossed over clinging (visattikā).
For him there are no sons, no cattle,
no field or land is found for him;
neither what is taken up nor what is cast off
is to be found in him.
That of which ordinary people (puthujjana) might accuse him,
or ascetics and brahmins—
that is not preferred by him;
therefore he is unmoved amid words.
Rid of greed, without stinginess,
the sage does not speak of himself as among the high,
nor among the equal, nor among the low;
free from constructs (kappa), he does not enter upon a construct.
He for whom there is nothing of his own in the world,
who does not grieve over what is not,
and who does not go [astray] among dhammas—
he truly is called 'at peace.'"
The Purābheda Sutta, the Tenth.
In the Suttanipāta, of the fourth chapter, the Aṭṭhakavagga:
the eleventh, the Kalahavivāda Sutta.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.