This is how the wise roar: like lions in mountain caves, heroes, triumphant in battle, having vanquished Māra with his legions.

I’ve served the Teacher; I’ve honored the Dhamma and the Saṅgha; I’m happy and joyful, because I’ve seen my son free of defilements.

Verses of the Senior Monks 2.30 The Book of the Twos Chapter Three Kaṇhadinna

I regularly sat close by true persons and learnt the teaching. What I learned, I practiced, the direct route whose objective is freedom from death.

I’ve slain the desire for continued existence, it won’t be found in me again. It was not, and it won’t be in me, and it isn’t found in me now.

Verses of the Senior Monks 2.31 The Book of the Twos Chapter Four Migasira

When I had gone forth in the teaching of the Buddha, while letting go, I rose up; escaping the sensual realm.