They fill the ranks of hell, of birth as an animal, or of titans and ghosts, not freed from Māra’s bonds.
But as to those committed day and night to the teaching of the Buddha: they extinguish the fire of greed, always perceiving ugliness;
while those supreme men extinguish the fire of hate with love; and the fire of delusion with the wisdom that leads to penetration.
Having extinguished these fires, alert, tireless all day and night, they become fully extinguished, completely transcending suffering.
Seers of the noble truths, knowledge masters, the astute, understanding rightly, directly know the ending of rebirth, they come not back to future lives.”
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
So It Was Said 94 The Book of the Threes Chapter Five Examination
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“A mendicant should examine in whatever way such that, while examining, consciousness would neither be scattered nor diffused externally, nor stuck internally, and they would not be anxious because of grasping. When consciousness is neither scattered nor diffused externally, nor stuck internally, and they are not anxious because of grasping, there is no coming to be of the origin of suffering—of rebirth, old age, and death in the future.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
“For one who has given up seven chains, a mendicant who has cut the cord, transmigration through births is finished, there’ll be no more future lives for them.”
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
So It Was Said 95 The Book of the Threes Chapter Five Provided With Pleasure
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Mendicants, there are these three ways of being provided with sensual pleasures. What three? Some sensual pleasures are simply present; some are for those who love to create; and some are for those who control what is created by others. These are the three ways of being provided with sensual pleasures.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
“Sensual pleasures that are simply present, gods who control what is created by others, gods who love to create, and others who indulge in sensual pleasures—They go from this state to another, but don’t escape transmigration.