§ 38.

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.