Minor Collection

Sayings of the Dhamma 90–99

7. The Perfected Ones

dhp90:1 At journey’s end, rid of sorrow;

dhp90:2 everywhere free,

dhp90:3 all ties given up,

dhp90:4 no fever is found in them.

dhp91:1 The mindful apply themselves;

dhp91:2 they delight in no abode.

dhp91:3 Like a swan gone from the marsh,

dhp91:4 they leave home after home behind.

dhp92:1 Those with nothing stored up,

dhp92:2 who have understood their food,

dhp92:3 whose domain is the liberation

dhp92:4 of the signless and the empty:

dhp92:5 their path is hard to trace,

dhp92:6 like birds in the sky.

dhp93:1 One whose defilements have ended;

dhp93:2 who’s not attached to food;

dhp93:3 whose domain is the liberation

dhp93:4 of the signless and the empty:

dhp93:5 their track is hard to trace,

dhp93:6 like birds in the sky.

dhp94:1 Whose faculties have become serene,

dhp94:2 like horses tamed by a charioteer,

dhp94:3 who has abandoned conceit and defilements;

dhp94:4 the unaffected one is envied by even the angels.

dhp95:1 Undisturbed like the earth,

dhp95:2 true to their vows, steady as a gatepost,

dhp95:3 like a lake clear of mud;

dhp95:4 such a one is at peace.

dhp96:1 Their mind is peaceful,

dhp96:2 peaceful are their speech and deeds.

dhp96:3 Such a one is at peace,

dhp96:4 rightly freed through enlightenment.

dhp97:1 Lacking faith, a house-breaker,

dhp97:2 one who acknowledges nothing,

dhp97:3 purged of hope, they’ve wasted their chance:

dhp97:4 that is indeed the supreme person!

dhp98:1 Whether in village or wilderness,

dhp98:2 in a valley or the uplands,

dhp98:3 wherever the perfected ones live

dhp98:4 is a delightful place.

dhp99:1 Delightful are the wildernesses

dhp99:2 where no people delight.

dhp99:3 Those free of greed will delight there,

dhp99:4 not those who seek sensual pleasures.