30. (The deva
said:)
O
Bhagava who has shanks well rounded like those of the antelope,
who has a
well-proportioned body,
who is energetic,
moderate in taking food,1 not self- indulgent
(regarding the use
of the four requisites),
who is like the lion or
the tusker that roams alone,
who disdains sensual
pleasures, ---
we have come to you to
put this question:
"How does one get
release from dukkha?"
(The Bhagava said:)
"In this world the five sensual pleasures and the mind as the sixth
factor have been made known.
By divesting oneself of
the desire for and attachment to these (i.e., the body and mind)
one is released from
dukkha."
End of the Enijangha Sutta,
the tenth in this vagga.
1. Moderate in
taking food: Abstaining from food after noon. This is a general discipline of
the Samgha laid down and practised by the Buddha himself.
End of the Satti Vagga,
the third in this Samyutta.
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