Linked Discourses 2.17

2. With Anāthapiṇḍika

With Subrahmā

Standing to one side, the godling Subrahmā addressed the Buddha in verse:
 “This mind is always anxious,
 this mind is always stressed
 about stresses that haven’t arisen
 and those that have.
 If there is a state free of anxiety,
 please answer my question.”

“Not without understanding and fervor,
not without restraining the sense faculties,
not without letting go of everything,
do I see safety for living creatures.”

That is what the Buddha said. …
The god vanished right there.