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This was said by the Blessed One,
said by the Arahant, so I have heard: "Two trains of thought often occur to the
Tathagata, worthy & rightly self-awakened: the thought of safety & that
of seclusion.
"The Tathagata enjoys non-ill
will, delights in non-ill will. To him -- enjoying non-ill will, delighting in
non-ill will -- this thought often occurs: 'By this activity I harm no one at
all, whether weak or firm.'
"The Tathagata enjoys
seclusion, delights in seclusion. To him -- enjoying seclusion, delighting in
seclusion -- this thought often occurs: 'Whatever is unskillful is abandoned.'
"Thus, monks, you too should
live enjoying non-ill will, delighting in non-ill will. To you -- enjoying
non-ill will, delighting in non-ill will -- this thought will often occur: 'By
this activity we harm no one at all, whether weak or firm.'
"You too should live enjoying
seclusion, delighting in seclusion. To you -- enjoying seclusion, delighting in
seclusion -- this thought will often occur: 'What is unskillful? What is not yet
abandoned? What are we abandoning?'"
To the Tathagata,
awakened,
who endured what is hard to endure,
two thoughts occur:
safety the first
thought mentioned;
seclusion the second declared.
The dispeller of darkness, free
of fermentation,
the great seer
who has gone beyond,
reached attainment,
gained mastery,
crossed over the poisons;
who's released in the ending of craving:
that sage
bears his last body,
has shaken off Mara, I tell you,
has gone beyond aging.
As one standing on a rocky crag
would see the people all around below,
so the wise,
with the all-around eye,
having scaled the tower
made of Dhamma,
having crossed over sorrow,
gaze on those overwhelmed with sorrow,
conquered by aging & death.
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