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Verses of the Senior Monks 1.85

Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones

Navamavagga
Chapter Nine

Sunāgattheragāthā

Sunāga

“Cittanimittassa kovido,
Skilled in the patterns of the mind,

Pavivekarasaṁ vijāniya;
understanding the nectar of seclusion,

Jhāyaṁ nipako patissato,
practicing absorption, alert, mindful:

Adhigaccheyya sukhaṁ nirāmisan”ti.
such a person would realize pleasure not of the flesh.

… Sunāgo thero ….