Then, at the end of the night, as the rising of the sun drew near, all craving was dried up, so I sat down cross-legged.
Verses of the Senior Monks 9.1 The Book of the Nines Chapter One Bhūta
When an astute person knows, <j>“Old age and death are suffering; yet an ignorant ordinary person is bound to them”, completely understanding suffering, being mindful, <j>practicing absorption: there is no greater pleasure than this.
When clinging, the carrier <j>of suffering, and craving, the carrier <j>of this painful mass of proliferation, are destroyed, and one is mindful, <j>practicing absorption: there is no greater pleasure than this.