I’m fed up with the body; I have no need for another life. This body will be broken up, and there won’t be another.

Do what you want with my corpse. I won’t be angry or attached on account of that.”

When they heard these words, so astonishing and hair-raising, the young men laid down their swords and spoke these words:

“What have you practiced, Venerable? And who is your tutor? Whose instructions do we follow to gain the sorrowless state?”

“The knower of all, the seer of all: the victor is my tutor. He is a Teacher of great compassion, healer of the whole world.

He taught this Dhamma, leading to ending, unsurpassed. Following his instructions, you can gain the sorrowless state.”

When the bandits heard the good words of the seer, they laid down their swords and weapons. Some refrained from their former deeds, while others chose the going-forth.

Having gone forth in the teaching of the Holy One, those astute ones developed <j>the awakening factors and the powers. Elated, happy, their faculties complete, they realized the state of extinguishment, <j>the unconditioned.

Verses of the Senior Monks 16.2 The Book of the Twenties Chapter One Pārāsariya (2nd)