SNP5.10 — The Question of the Student Todeyya

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In whom sensual desires do not dwell,

(said the venerable Todeyya)

In whom craving is not found,

And who has crossed over doubt:

What kind of liberation is there for him?

In whom sensual desires do not dwell,

(Todeyya, said the Blessed One)

In whom craving is not found,

And who has crossed over doubt:

For him, there is no other liberation.

Is he without longing, or is he still longing?

Is he possessed of wisdom, or does he fabricate through wisdom?

O Sakyan, so that I may know the sage,

Explain him to me, All-seeing One.

He is without longing, and is not longing;

He is possessed of wisdom, and does not fabricate through wisdom.

In this way, Todeyya, know the sage:

Possessing nothing, unattached to sensual becoming.

The Question of the Student Todeyya, the ninth.

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