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SN 2.16

Vāsudatta sutta: With Vāsudatta

Vāsudattasutta

Anāthapiṇḍikavagga

The deity Vasudatta says that a mendicant should live like their hair is on fire so as to give up lust. The Buddha changes his verse to emphasize giving up attachment to self.

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Standing to one side, the godling Vāsudatta spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:

“Like they’re struck by a sword,
like their head was on fire,

a mendicant should wander mindful,

to give up sensual desire.”

“Like they’re struck by a sword,
like their head was on fire,

a mendicant should wander mindful,

to give up substantialist view.”

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