Having given up former defilements <j>and not making new ones, not swayed by preference, <j>nor a proponent of dogma, that attentive one is released from views, not clinging to the world, <j>nor reproaching themselves.

They are remote from all things seen, heard, or thought. With burden put down, the sage is released: not formulating, not abstaining, not longing.”

Anthology of Discourses 4.14 Speedy

“Great seer, I ask you, the Kinsman of the Sun, about seclusion and the state of peace. How, having seen, is a mendicant extinguished, not grasping anything in this world?”

“They would cut off the idea, ‘I am the thinker’,” said the Buddha, “which is the root of all judgments <j>that emerge from proliferation. Ever mindful, they would train to remove any internal cravings.