The Book of the Ones 5

The Book of the Ones

Chapter One

Disdain

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

“Mendicants, give up one thing.
and I guarantee you non-return.
What one thing?
Disdain is the one thing. Give it up,
and I guarantee you non-return.”
The Buddha spoke this matter.
On this it is said:
 “When overcome by disdain
 beings go to a bad place.
 Having rightly understood that disdain,
 the discerning give it up.
 Once they’ve given it up,
 they never return to this world.”

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.