Dhammapada · Chapter 7
The Worthy (Arahant)
10 verses · The arahant's journey is finished, sorrow has fallen away, fetters are loosed. Like birds in the sky their track cannot be traced; their senses are quieted as horses tamed by the charioteer, and the earth itself delights in them.
Chapter 7
अरहन्तवग्गो
Arahantavagga
7.1
For one whose journey is finished, free of sorrow, wholly liberated in every respect,…
7.2
The mindful exert themselves; they take delight in no dwelling
7.3
Those who have no accumulation, who fully understand food, whose domain is emptiness and…
7.4
One whose taints are destroyed, who clings not to food, whose domain is emptiness and…
7.5
One whose senses are calmed like horses well-tamed by a charioteer, who has abandoned…
7.6
Like the earth he is not provoked; like Indra's pillar he is firm and well-vowed; like a…
7.7
Tranquil is his mind, tranquil his speech, tranquil his action — one rightly knowing,…
7.8
One who is beyond credulity, who knows the unmade, who has cut all links, destroyed all…
7.9
Whether in village or forest, in valley or on plateau — wherever arahants dwell, that…
7.10
Delightful are the forests where ordinary people find no delight